Acumen Media has released its weekly overview of the week's top stories in South African media.
The leadership woes at the Democratic Alliance took the top spot, this week. The resignation of the opposition party's leader, Mmusi Maimane, along with Herman Mashaba and Athol Trollip garnered a quarter of a million unique mentions and an engagement rate of 888,000.
A matric student at the Grantleigh School in Richards Bay had to defend his art after several people claimed it was 'satanic'.
The national airline, South African Airways (SAA), had a rough week after its planes were grounded and then took flight again. At this point, the brand has a negative net sentiment of -78%. Despite this, Air Mauritius wants to enter a joint venture with SAA.
In other airline news, the video of the Lufthansa landing has left many shaken.
Holy sh*t! pic.twitter.com/iJIrAHgpSq
- Rex Chapman???? (@RexChapman) October 21, 2019
In an interview on Al Jazeera's Head to Head talk show, former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete said that the corruption in South Africa is a result of colonialism. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) head of IT, Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane, received a R1.8m settlement.
Even though it can't seem to keep the lights on, Eskom received another bailout. This time, it's R60bn. Gauteng has started implementing water restrictions. And the University of Fort Hare has its building repossessed as it plans for exams.
In more cheerful news, the Springboks are continuing their so far, so good campaign at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. They managed to avert a repeat of their loss against Japan after they beat the host nation to reach the semi-finals. They take on Wales next.
Local rapper, AKA, became the first South African hip-hop artist to reach more than one billion streams for his single "Dreamwork". Patrice Motsepe availed R100m for job development in the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa is representing the county at the Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation celebrated the legacy of its late founder, Ahmed Kathrada, with the Kathrada Legacy Banquet at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
