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Over the past seven days, South Africans spent a lot of time searching for more information around sporting clashes, including a boxing match between two prominent YouTubers and the usual mix of local and international football fixtures. On Thursday, however, US president Donald Trump was top of mind. “Donald Trump” and “Donald Trump Tweet” both…
Over the past seven days, South Africans took to Google to test out Reddit’s gaming of the term “idiot”; a new pre-season local football clash; and a famous singer fighting the spectre of addiction. It’s not often that a derogatory term top trends on Google, but on Thursday “idiot” (20 000+ searches) did exactly that….
Johannesburg, 31 January 2018 — This January, South Africans primarily used YouTube for watching music videos. In fact, of the top 10 videos watched during the month, six were music videos. Of those, two were by South African performers, with the remaining four coming from international artists. When the country’s YouTube users weren’t watching music…
#TrevorNoahAtTheDome Johannesburg, 14 February 2017: Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) has partnered with comedy legend and Daily Show host Trevor Noah to bring Noah’s brand new stand-up tour to South Africa (TicketPro Dome, 10-11 August 2017). Featuring all-new material, the show will focus on exploring how life has changed for Noah after the big break…