WELCOME to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion.This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @TheCapeArgus for: Profile: @TheCapeArgus is the official Twitter handle for the Cape Argus newspaper. Its Twitter profile describes the paper as, "Cape Town’s oldest daily newspaper, bringing you the news since 1857". It has about 26k followers.Citation: The final few weeks of almost any South African electoral campaign are defined by one thing: the ANC goes into race fear-mongering mode. This election is no different, and, led by President Jacob Zuma, like clockwork the party has begun to churn out the kinds of statements you would more readily associate with a 2007 ANC Youth League rally.Historically, it has worked a treat. The primary target is the...
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