Ray Hartley

@hartleyr · Johannesburg · joined 21 Aug 2007

Fmr Sunday Times Editor. Author: Ragged Glory, Ramaphosa - The Man Who Would be King, The Big Fix. Fmr Research Director at The Brenthurst Foundation

34 864Followers

684Following

23 032Posts total

161.2KViews on collected posts

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Ray Hartley@hartleyr29 Oct 2025

Shame on you, Madam President. You are turning a great country into a global joke #Tanzania #dictatorship 908 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ray Hartley@hartleyr29 Oct 2025

Nobody is voting in #Tanzania 's rigged election with the opposition banned and @TunduALissu jailed. @SuluhuSamia probably already formulated the result in some dark corner of state house. 1.1K views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ray Hartley@hartleyr29 Oct 2025

A strong statement signed by leading African democrats 382 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ray Hartley@hartleyr29 Oct 2025

@MYANC has sent this gimlet-eyed dictator warm wishes as her country mounts a farcical election with the leader of the opposition @TunduALissu in jail and his party banned 86 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ray Hartley@hartleyr29 Oct 2025

#Tanzania autocrats have shut down the internet as the farcical #election is boycotted and youths take to the streets. @TunduALissu is on trial on trumped-up treason charges 694 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ray Hartley@hartleyr29 Oct 2025

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a nationwide disruption to internet connectivity in #Tanzania on election day, corroborating reports of a digital blackout; the incident comes as Tanzanians vote for a new president and parliament, with both main opposition parties barred http

132.7K views · 372 likes · 319 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Ray Hartley@hartleyr28 Oct 2025

We join the Platform for African Democrats in calling for the immediate, unconditional release of @TunduALissu and @HecheJohn in #Tanzania. Authorities must also be held accountable for their myriad crimes and abuses, including an utter failure to allow a free and fair election.

25.4K views · 292 likes · 107 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

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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.

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes57.7%671 in total

Reposts36.9%429 in total

Replies1.5%18 in total

Bookmarks3.8%44 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.

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