#ImStaying and the bright side of crime
What started as a social media hashtag has grown into a social movement. But is #ImStaying bigger than its contradictions?
17 October 2019 - 05:00
One of the fascinating things about researching the evolution of the #ImStaying movement since its inception on September 7 is the way the numbers grow with every story you read. From 25,000, to 50,000, to 350,000 — and now this story, which records the #ImStaying Facebook group at a whopping 670,000 members.
The movement — started by Jarette Petzer, an estate agent with a gift for reassuring platitudes who has decided to sell SA as a fixer-upper in a good location — is being touted as a symbol of South Africans’ desire to "just get along"...
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