SABC News ✓

@SABCNews · South Africa · joined 18 Mar 2009

The digital news portal of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

3 098 328Followers

431Following

857 721Posts total

10.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 500this account66 615median for 1M–10M

Reach, %0.05%this account2.69%median for 1M–10M

Engagement, %0.17%this account1.41%median for 1M–10M

Metric	This account	Median for 1M–10M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 500	66 615	0.02×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.05%	2.69%	0.02×
Engagement rate	0.17%	1.41%	0.12×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

2.6K3 Sep

1.5K

3.5K

1.3K

1.2K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.11%3 Sep

0.07%

0.25%

0.22%

0.17%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 1.41%.

What the audience does

Likes44.4%8 in total

Reposts50.0%9 in total

Quotes5.6%1 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi’s lawyer has challenged the State’s version, arguing that his client could not have shared common purpose in crimes committed before his arrival at the scene. https://t.co/MM4VHpImQ0 https://t.co/jY 1.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Advocate Kessler Perumalsamy representing ATM Member of Parliament Vuyolwethu Zungula says the Section 89 Independent Panel looked at the incriminating evidence and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s version and found that it is unlikely that the latter evidence is correct. https://t.co 1.3K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 SEVERE WEATHER | Meteorological experts have warned that El Niño will strengthen in the coming months. SABC News specialist researcher Janet Whitton says that while dam levels remain healthy, farmers are likely to bear the brunt of the drier, hotter conditions. https://t.co/h1nmx 3.5K views · 1 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 The inaugural Nokuthula Simelane Memorial Lecture is underway at the University of Mpumalanga. Simelane from Bethal in Mpumalanga was a student activist and a member of the then ANC's military wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe. She went missing after the special branch of the apartheid ht 1.5K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 SEVERE WEATHER | The South African Weather Service says warnings for rough seas, strong winds and heavy rain remain in effect for parts of the Garden Route, urging residents to exercise caution. https://t.co/NkFCWBiqWf 2.6K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026