Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
1 PastorChrisLive 0 1034188 1056 1 6/6/2010 0:24 Greenland http://www.christembassy.org
Rev Chris Oyakhilome, PhD. President of Believers' Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int'l. Pastor, teacher, healing minister, TV h
2 Brat13 227519 237446 7382 20 5/1/2008 4:16 Pretoria Engineer, cyclist, photographer, blogger, Durbanite http://www.thelanternerouge.blogspot.com/
3 ElBaradei 35 203746 448 0 3/3/2010 12:09 Cairo http://www.iaea.org/About/dg/elbaradei/biography.html http://www.taghyeer.net
4 GarethCliff 45 146960 8882 870 12/8/2008 13:20 Pretoria Defender of the Faithless http://www.garethcliff.com/
5 CarinMB 208 139957 3555 0 11/5/2008 14:55 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Cape Town, South Africa bred! Los Angeles based and family prioritized.
6 GraemeSmith49 70 125034 754 0 10/23/2009 8:56 http://www.graemesmith.co.za
Professional cricketer - South African Cricket Captain; Cape Cobra's player and Sahara Pune Warriors player
7 Trevornoah 21 120769 1926 2 6/11/2009 7:03 Pretoria http://www.trevornoah.com
Are you really reading my twitter bio? Why? Do you even believe these bios? Ok well I'm sorry I wasted your time not writing one
8 Camfed 37056 110535 1315 10 http://camfed.org
3/9/2009 23:03 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Camfed works to break the cycle of poverty and disease in rural Africa by educating girls and investing in economic and leadershi
9 DJFreshSA 4019 100002 28434 5 2/20/2009 10:42 Pretoria http://www.djfresh.dj
uMsasazi (Club/Radio DJ).. TWITTERHOLIC...'twirrowrist... CUSS-aholic.. Love Big Butts and i cannot lie.. I'LL HOUSE YOU!! Held up
10 Abdevilliers17 73 90787 1713 0 5/3/2010 23:10 Greenland Proudly South African http://www.abdevilliers.com
11 BigBroAfrica 611 74744 6912 8 6/9/2009 14:01 Greenland The only official Twitter account for Big Brother Africa http://www.mnetafrica.com/bigbrother/
12 HumorNegroo 476 71789 1541 1 4/17/2010 1:12 Santiago http://bloghumornegroo.blogspot.com
Porque Humor Negro é igual braço: tem gente que não tem. Sigam-me os maus! (Não sou nazista)
13 Justin__Gabriel 153 70602 1169 4 2/19/2010 16:17 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Stuck in the matrix..... Again...I don't have FB or Myspace http://www.WWEUniverse.com/JustinGabriel
14 TheRealStevenPi 23 67906 529 0 5/14/2010 17:51 The Official Twitter Page of Steven Pienaar http://www.steven-pienaar.com
15 PigSpotter 16 61825 20036 160 7/28/2010 13:47 Greenland and setting up roadblocks. For
Let us help each other expose where they are trappinghttp://www.pigspotter.co.za shirts and so forth, check my site. :)
16 Tinacook 59382 59718 9635 801 4/14/2008 7:42 Pretoria Social Media and Online Marketing Strategist, love working with Innovative Entrepreneurs, online video ♥love life by the Indian O
http://www.SocialMediaMarketingMentor.com
17 5FM 1794 58363 7345 40 10/18/2008 15:22 Harare http://www.5fm.co.za
The entertainment powerhouse for South African youth, offering the most popular contemporary music and entertainment. Find
18 Julius_S_Malema 67 57751 1659 17 2/24/2010 14:58 Harare http://www.juliusmalema.co.za/
I am Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981, in Seshego), a South African politician, and the current president of the African Nat
19 Dalesteyn62 24 55807 235 0 7/20/2010 10:09 Greenland http://www.dalesteyn.co.za
20 ekaffee 44958 54540 11484 0 6/19/2009 21:04 Bern I'm working on my Coffee & Health blog, hopefully one of these days I'll link to it. My interest is Coffee, Health, Fitness, Social Me
21 MarkB46 95 50973 978 2 3/4/2010 9:56 sportsman who travels a lot...
22 HelenZille 1666 50900 1259 7 2/10/2009 16:01 Pretoria http://www.da.org.za
Western Cape Premier and Leader of South Africa's Official Opposition Party: The Democratic Alliance
23 nicobaird 48488 50130 15731 1 3/11/2007 11:52 Pretoria http://www.nicobaird.com
24 theoquotes 46780 49213 21315 862 1/26/2010 9:45 Pretoria http://www.resonancers.com/tweets/theoQuotes
just call me Theo Terrence Hughes & i'm from JHB SOuth Africa . . . please check out my favs and Retweet them
25 euphonik 54 48194 11790 12 2/18/2009 18:36 Harare http://www.euphonik.dj
Euphonik is one of South Africa's most succesful young dance DJ's with a reputation for being able to please a diverse crowd both
26 Albiemorkel 140 47983 1023 0 2/16/2010 16:46 Greenland http://www.albiemorkel.co.za
27 BryanHabana 198 46564 2822 24 3/18/2010 21:15 Harare http://www.bryanhabana.com
Pro Rugby Player, Proud South African & Blessed Husband. Living Life To the Fullest while living my Dream!!!
28 Johnsmit123 55 45239 945 4 11/7/2009 6:04 Pretoria http://www.johnsmit.co.za
Springbok Rugby Captain, Sharks Rugby - Husband,father and proud South African
29 LifeCanBeDffrnt 43481 42700 47199 17 7/12/2009 0:30 Pretoria http://bit.ly/homepagelcbd
Finding yourself, loving yourself and believing in you ! You are worth it !
30 News24 3969 41926 50535 1 5/8/2008 7:45 Pretoria news resource reaching over 2.3 million local users each month.
News24 is Southern Africa and Africa's premier online http://www.news24.com
31 SAPresident 3 41832 70 0 5/9/2011 13:09 Pretoria President of the Republic of South Africa. http://www.thepresidency.gov.za
32 Jpduminy21 139 41695 1890 20 8/16/2010 10:01 http://www.jpduminy.co.za
33 wandecoal 1142 41682 1544 2 4/30/2009 7:26 West Central Africa Black Diamond of Africa http://www.mohitsrecords.com
34 Hershybru 20 41498 10180 3 4/8/2010 10:05 Hawaii A traveling cricketer who enjoys a bit of this and plenty of that! Yes pls...
35 Erica__B 41199 40885 32567 277 4/12/2010 9:25 Harare ஜHelp fight #Cancer & Support #Causes! Love Nature,http://www.socialoomph.com/profiles/erica__b What's life without Lau
Animals, #SocialMedia & the simpler things in life.
36 SizweDhlomo 69 40505 11640 3 4/28/2009 13:16 Harare
37 AfricanProverbs 34717 40162 1145 0 8/26/2008 16:20 West Central Africa http://AfricanCulture.BellaOnline.com
Daily African Proverbs from BellaOnline.com's African Culture site.
38 wentzeldk 39419 39497 12527 20 7/26/2009 6:12 Pretoria http://bit.ly/blLNDS
Skills Development Coach (Management & ICT Systems), Lover of Good Music & Literature, Social Media & Internet Marketing, M
39 join1goal 274 39298 1109 11 8/12/2009 0:54 London http://join1goal.org
Education Beats Poverty. 1 Goal at the 2010 World Cup: Education for All
40 Trevorimmelman 109 38304 2021 0 6/25/2009 17:32 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Masters champ,drummer,family man, http://www.facebook.com/trevorimmelman
41 Victormatfield 85 38185 691 0 5/5/2009 4:27 Rugby Player
42 Laureenraft 37968 37916 35496 3 http://www.zazzle.com/laureenr
10/4/2010 15:18 Central Time (US & Canada) Mother, photographer, IT, animal, nature, science and music lover. Vision - Bridge the gap between mankind and animals.http://
43 davidkau1 616 37713 8850 6 7/12/2009 0:09 Pretoria http://www.jucyafrica.com
Comedian,next show BLACKS ONLY 30th July 2011, Sandton Convention centre, tickets at Computicket
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
44 DavidGrahamSA 38768 36421 6794 68 8/21/2009 13:16 Pretoria I am with my family, on my mountainbike, outdoors and drinking red wine
Digital guy at Deloitte Consulting. Always happy when http://dngraham.wordpress.com
45 DieAntwoord 23 35770 581 1 4/28/2009 9:18 Pretoria ZEF NINJA RAP RAVE CREW http://www.dieantwoord.com
46 taintedtyga 29498 35766 60438 40 4/3/2009 8:49 Pretoria TL Destroyer #TeamLadyMamaz #DMF #TEAMBIGMYKE #TeamWolfStamp #TeamPrettyLadies #TEAMCH3Y #DoingItGullySquad
47 Anele 781 35095 31832 262 3/25/2009 10:22 Greenland Be as interested as you are interesting. http://www.5fm.co.za
48 dougkirchmann 35880 34535 5409 4 3/17/2009 11:01 Pretoria http://kirchie.com
Enthusiast, Entrepreneur, Dream Catcher, Motivator, Strategic, Futuristic. Continuity. Creating discussion around #quotes. Partia
49 SeetherOfficial 199 34076 230 0 4/16/2009 19:15 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Rise above this... http://www.seether.com/
50 bevbrossy 1130 34032 7654 1 11/20/2008 10:26 Pretoria http://bevbrossy.com
Online Entrepreneur, Former Maths Teacher & IBM Engineer. Join me & like-minded folk at the Independent Business Owners Ne
51 Busrep 32256 34031 18350 0 10/6/2009 23:03 Pretoria http://www.busrep.co.za/
Business Report is a daily national newspaper and website that covers local and international business and economic news
52 KeziahFisher 35 32750 4583 66 6/3/2009 7:17 Cairo http://www.keziahfisher.com
Architect BAS(Uct) B.Arch(SA),South African Singer, Mogul, Model, Mom, Perfumista.
53 NelsonMandela 455 32385 529 0 8/7/2008 12:41 Cairo http://www.nelsonmandela.org/
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory at the Nelson Mandela Foundation contributes to a just society by promoting the values,
54 BobSkinstad 1123 32382 5342 27 3/18/2009 14:36 Harare http://www.rugbyjourney.com
I am a retired pro rugby player turned broadcaster, happy hubby and dad, and keen outdoor and general sports fan ! This stream
55 LuloCafe 881 31745 39565 12 4/16/2009 13:27 Pretoria http://www.lulocafe.com
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
56 WayneParnell 145 31074 1296 0 11/23/2009 11:49 Cape Verde Is. South African, Chevrolet Warriors and Pune Warriors cricketer. Music lover and average Disc Jockey.
57 CharlizeAfrica 105 31066 840 1 9/9/2009 18:27 Quito http://www.charlizeafricaoutreach.org/
CTAOP is committed to reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and sexual violence among African youth through preventive educa
58 Mornemorkel65 66 30951 98 1 8/6/2010 6:15 http://www.mornemorkel.co.za
59 xFranco 30317 29077 1553 5 6/17/2009 8:46 Pretoria http://francobadenhorst.wordpress.com
CRM Twitee, Tweeter, Entrepeneur, Technologist, Consultant, Blogger, Web Guru in training...
60 terrypheto 415 28628 4362 2 11/6/2009 21:12 Greenland http://imdb.com/name/nm1965907/
Leading Lady. Face of L'Oreal Paris. Story Teller. THS-B&B!!!
61 LeighAnnMol 926 28568 5343 1 3/8/2009 22:58 Pretoria http://www.5fm.co.za
5FM News Presenter, 5FM Website Administrator, Animal Whisperer, Clown. (5FM is a national radio station in South Africa)
62 EranEyal 26300 28496 10698 37 1/21/2009 8:27 Pretoria Techgater.com. Entrepreneur.
Co-Founder of evly.com & Springleap.com. Founder ofhttp://www.springleap.com Tech presenter on Radio 702, Cape Talk. Pr
63 RobbieHunter 80 26957 2166 0 4/8/2009 5:20 Amsterdam Professional cyclist Team Radio Shack http://www.robbiehunter.net
64 Johan_botha 22 26813 545 275 4/9/2010 17:17 Johanb22
65 Whackheads 23 26441 1278 0 4/20/2010 7:38 Pretoria http://www.highveld.co.za
94.7 Highveld Stereo Breakfast Xpress Host 6-9am Mon-Fri & on 94.5 KFM. Stand-Up Comic. Married 2Bombshell @punkygp. For
66 Officialcsa 448 26282 8978 1 6/9/2009 14:27 Greenland http://www.cricket.co.za
The official Cricket South Africa Twitter profile. CSA are the custodians of cricket in South Africa.
67 Locnville 235 26230 3418 0 3/17/2009 12:15 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Running To Midnight - 01/07/11 http://www.locnville.com
68 Miss_LIRA 135 26068 3676 33 7/6/2009 18:57 Berlin http://www.misslira.co.za
Multi platinum selling, multi-award winning singer, songwriter, producer and dynamic performer. Motivational Speaker, Actress
69 online_beauty 28871 25848 8049 0 7/24/2009 9:05 Pretoria Beauty Online http://www.onlinebeauty.co.za
70 F1sasha 1128 25672 32584 168 3/15/2009 12:20 Harare 5FM Music DJ Supersport F1 TV Anchor http://www.f1sasha.com
71 Connie_Ferguson 145 25241 4556 0 6/22/2009 13:19 Greenland http://www.iamconnieferguson.com
Entrepreneur, Actress, Health Ambassador, Spokesperson, Daughter, Wife, Mother. Passionate about Women's Issues.
72 livesabc1 66 24509 1165 2 9/22/2009 11:14 South Africa's premium music show, providing insight into the Local and international Music Scene. Every Friday Live Sabc 1, 21:0
73 PoppyIsMyName 882 23965 14895 9 2/21/2009 8:57 Greenland IT!
5FM DJ, Club DJ, Voice Over Artist, MC, Model. BRING http://www.5fm.co.za/djs/Poppy
74 702JohnRobbie 3630 23858 3096 0 3/19/2010 6:24 http://www.702.co.za
John Robbie hosts the breakfast show, 6am - 9am, on Talk Radio 702.
75 Omawumi 264 23811 5857 2 3/17/2009 9:23 West Central Africa Africa!
A sassy and power house singer from the jaws of Westhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/OMAWUMI/91796800959?ref=ts
76 TogethrnssCnter 24177 23736 8634 0 5/17/2010 22:39 Pretoria blueprint for the implementation of inner peace within each individual. To
Independent souls can be seen as architects creating ahttp://bit.ly/tg_fb_
77 clairemawisa 784 23193 25224 318 3/18/2009 10:52 Pretoria Sometimes salty, sometimes sweet, never bitter... http://www.codeteen.com
78 SirUTI 295 22939 2801 1 6/20/2009 17:17 West Central Africa HIGH SCHOOL..ROSE TO FAME IN BIG BBA3 BUT EXPLODED WHEN
BORN AUGUST 3RD 1982,STARTED THE HUSSLE FROMhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Uti-Nwachukwu/32032902362 HE WO
79 BibleThoughts 9146 22718 3228 0 4/16/2009 3:44 Greenland http://www.christianrepublic.co.za
Christian Republic is a place where Christians can meet to discuss the foundations of life which we believe are based on the love
80 tshirtterrorist 24872 22611 2616 4 1/12/2009 17:41 Pretoria Tshirts To Die For! http://www.tshirtterrorist.co.za
81 Club808 145 22598 705 2 7/28/2010 12:25 Harare http://www.etv.co.za
Official Club 808 Twitter PageCatch Club 808 19:30 CAT on e.tvFollow e.tv @etvsa
82 Pierrespies8 30 22521 382 150 8/12/2010 8:16 Pretoria One life, live it GREATLY. http://www.pierrespies.co.za
83 mailandguardian 273 21908 9555 5 10/14/2008 7:56 Pretoria http://www.mg.co.za
Get personalised tweets from the Mail & Guardian team. For an automated feed of all our stories follow @mgfeed.
84 kirik 142 21882 32270 0 4/19/2007 5:41 Tokyo 投資業務とコンテンツ開発が仕事のメイン。独立してから16年目、法人は設立12年目になりました。次男も生まれて http://kirik.tea-nifty.com/
85 947Highveld 267 21843 1470 21 5/22/2009 8:59 Cairo Joburg's no.1 Hit Music Station http://www.highveld.co.za
86 Adesoji 21178 21400 4008 8 11/26/2008 17:14 Central Time (US & Canada) i love helping people. Your success is my motivation http://facebook.com/adesoji
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
87 PresidencyZA 16 21237 1247 0 5/18/2009 8:38 Pretoria http://www.thepresidency.gov.za
This is the official Twitter page of The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa
88 MetroFMSA 183 21193 562 2 2/25/2009 14:19 Greenland http://www.metrofm.co.za
METRO FM is South Africa's biggest Urban radio Station with over 5 Million listeners!
89 shannonkook 169 21185 2685 32 8/18/2008 3:38 Quito http://garygoddardagency.com/clients/shannon-kook-chun
Shannon Kook-Chun. South African. Actor, and aspiring dancer, writer, photographer and artist. Open to the ride and smiling for
90 heatSouthAfrica 2263 20824 7008 12 2/11/2009 7:18 Pretoria Africa's only weekly
heat magazine - celeb news and entertainment. South http://heat.co.za glossy magazine.
91 andybudd 463 20787 11422 160 12/12/2006 10:44 London http://www.andybudd.com/
User Experience Designer, partner at @clearleft and curator of @dconstruct and @uxlondon
92 Paulkagame 0 20774 1146 0 5/4/2009 5:16 Pretoria President of the Republic of Rwanda, write to: paulkagame@gov.rw http://www.paulkagame.com
93 justinharrison 18 20767 510 1 3/12/2008 6:17 Pretoria Internet Marketing | Business | Life http://www.justinharrison.com
94 Timeslive 790 20619 24713 0 6/20/2007 8:19 Pretoria http://www.timeslive.co.za/
Links to the breaking news from www.timeslive.co.za Also the home of the Sunday Times and The Times. @ us with alerts and fe
95 casperrasper 205 20333 3333 1 1/22/2009 12:11 Cairo My life is twittersweet http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Casper-de-Vries/23478654
96 Parlotones 76 20126 1758 3 3/2/2009 11:05 Pretoria South African Pop/Rock Band. http://www.facebook.com/theparlotones
97 ThePPCWorld 20916 19987 57 0 3/19/2009 21:19 London http://www.linkedin.com/in/jozwiakdawid
I am a search engine marketer specializing in paid search (PPC) and natural search engine optimization (SEO)
98 cobuspotgieter 117 19943 4144 2 4/6/2009 9:04 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I can count all the way to 10 without stopping. True story. http://www.cobuspotgieter.com/
99 faf1307 118 19923 1460 0 4/20/2010 15:18 Professional cricketer-south africa,titans,lancashire and chennai super kings
100 ailmentsexposed 19770 19517 13736 0 3/30/2010 23:53 Pretoria http://bit.ly/hmail3
Creating a safe 'hub' with the opportunity to state their ailments and to receive support and guidance. www.ailmentsexposed.co
101 UyandaM 660 18861 19902 31 6/3/2009 10:58 Greenland http://www.uyandambuli.com
Entrepreneur| Designer for SA fashion label Diamond Face Couture| Communications Strategist| Brand Ambassador: LaMer & SAFA TSHWANE| FULL TIME HUSTLER #♥MyLife
102 MarkPilgrimZA 110 18743 3503 0 4/19/2009 21:31 Pretoria http://www.markpilgrim.co.za
Proud daddy to Tayla-Jean & hubby to Nicole. I'm also that bald dude on radio & television. Oh, and a Voice Artist, Motivational Speaker & MC.
103 CNNInsideAfrica 115 18491 522 1 7/15/2009 2:06 Quito CNN's Inside Africa reports on economic, social and cultural affairs in Africa.http://cnn.com/insideafrica
104 big_edlange 20293 18373 2881 0 11/12/2009 12:18 Pretoria http://www.business-advertising.co.za
Married 45 years, 2 children, 6 grandchildren, Very Blessed. Business Advertising Consultant specialising in SEO and Email campaigns for local business.
105 Siasduplessis 147 18370 4775 0 4/28/2010 12:00 Cairo http://www.5fm.co.za
5fm Mornings Sports guy, avid Magpies supporter, Blitz reporter + Ginger! Views are my own and not my employers. For bookings contact @melissamdoyle
106 jeannieous 540 18261 1656 1 4/10/2009 11:16 Greenland http://www.jeannied.com
Jeannie D is the vivacious presenter on Top Travel and Top Billing South Africa on Travel channel and Wealth tv USA
107 jordysmith88 31 18166 470 0 7/13/2009 11:50 Greenland Professional Surfer http://www.jordysmith.com
108 MTVbaseAfrica 3004 18108 4653 3 3/23/2009 5:28 Harare THE OFFICIAL MTV BASE AFRICA TWITTER.FOLLOW & UNITE AFRICA THRU MUSIC http://www.mtvbase.com/site.php
109 hillsongsafrica 23 17700 781 1 3/1/2009 2:18 Athens Hillsong Church Cape Town | www.hillsong.co.za http://hillsong.co.za
110 Quicktellpro 18313 17234 469 0 3/8/2009 6:46 Pretoria This Autoresponder Service Takes eMail Marketing to Extremes. Sign up for http://quicktellpro.com/blog/
a FREE account, for real no cost...
111 ushahidi 121 17027 2422 33 1/20/2008 11:59 Nairobi http://www.ushahidi.com
We are a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection,visualization and interactive mapping.
112 steve_hofmeyr 71 16752 4620 7 2/4/2010 11:06 Pretoria http://stevehofmeyr.co.za
Author, angry activist, talkshowhost, bookworm & daddy - with 2 million CDs sold and a 3x SAMA award winner (also Best Selling South African Artist 2004).
113 AkiAnastasiou 575 16652 12771 82 5/24/2008 14:45 Pretoria http://www.702.co.za/profiles.asp?id=4
® Host Tech Show Technobyte @ Talk Radio 702 ™ Greek Geek Ð Weirdo Š Trafficologist Ç Columnist ã Radio Presenter ☼ Speaker & MC ð Gadgeteer § Technologist Ø
114 NeelsDL 16518 16563 8 0 12/29/2009 12:06 Pretoria http://de-lange-marketing-solutions.com
I design ready made websites and have a passion for technology. My sites are for sale on flippa.com. I have qualifications in SEO and SEM.
115 bellanaija 1068 16511 5043 0 8/12/2008 6:23 Hawaii http://www.bellanaija.com
The No. 1 Entertainment, Lifestyle & Fashion Website in Africa. We have a fab team of editors that keep things fresh!
116 Vodacom 3399 16485 6041 0 4/28/2008 20:08 Pretoria http://www.vodacom.co.za
Welcome to Vodacom SA's official twitter account. Here, you can get the latest product news, find out what we’ve been up to and what we’re planning.
117 jennifer_su 289 16478 2966 6 1/19/2009 18:32 West Central Africa http://www.jennifersu.com
TV News Anchor (Summit TV/Sky News), Radio Presenter, 5 FM The Hollywood Report - Gareth Cliff Mornings (S. Africa), TV Presenter, SABC 3 Expresso, Corporate MC
118 norashalaby 392 16397 6211 1 2/22/2009 19:25 Harare Archaeologist http://www.almahrusa.blogspot.com
119 make_money101 16264 16329 764 0 7/19/2009 9:26 Pretoria http://makemoney-onlineblog.com
There are so many ways to make money online; one of the more popular “work from home” ideas is to join an affiliate program, that way you can work from home.
120 IOL 12774 16237 79773 0 1/17/2007 12:50 Pretoria Online News Presence http://www.iol.co.za/
121 Guerrillawar 17600 16017 19755 23 2/25/2009 13:59 Harare Guerrilla Warfare is a lifestyle and the lifestyle we portray is being fresh, authentic, intelligent, & being positive.Email: guerrillawarfareclothing@gmail.com
122 BigProfit 17513 15953 7161 0 2/18/2009 8:31 Pretoria Find out how to make money without spending a cent http://bit.ly/cp2hub http://bit.ly/cp2hub
123 Mabalemoloi 277 15702 2297 1 4/24/2009 10:21 http://www.5fm.co.za
Part time adult. Full time dysfunctional person. Gareth Cliff, 5FM Mornings 06H00-09H00.
124 HenriqueRifth 117 15661 19739 3 7/4/2009 19:44 Brasilia Eu sou para cada pessoa aquilo que ela acha que eu sou, mas o que para mim importa é o que eu estou a procura de ser e isso eu ainda não sou.
125 Damonkalvari 112 15583 4561 12 4/8/2009 15:36 Greenland Assistant to Executive Producer, Thabo Modisane - 5fm Mornings
126 geoffreygordon 14781 15549 7609 61 10/10/2008 5:19 Pretoria http://www.blazewebstudio.co.za/marketing_guide
Explorer,Twitter Fanatic, Entrepreneur, Web Creative, Google-ist I can find anything, Artist ,Technical Geek, I like following people to learn new things.
127 kenyanpundit 676 15417 11684 4 12/31/2007 6:15 Harare http://www.kenyanpundit.com
Mama, Google Policy Manager Africa, co-founder Ushahidi.com & Mzalendo.com, Afropolitan, Kenyan. Views = mine.
128 woolworths_sa 4382 15369 6036 5 11/27/2009 15:06 Pretoria We're a SA born and bred retailer dedicated to everyone with a passion for http://www.woolworths.co.za respond 8am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.
quality and style. Chat to us on Twitter - we'll
129 TrevorMadondo 2400 15235 21838 4 3/13/2009 4:53 Harare http://www.flowamedia.co.za
CEO of Flowa Media and Vandal Authentic Wear, a strong force in the Multimedia Industry, Social Media Guru, Entertainer, Presenter, MC and IT GURU...
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
130 AfricanoBOi 383 15157 24886 67 1/20/2009 3:38 Mountain Time (US & Canada) Comedian/Actor/Internet PersonalityBookings/Info contact:info@bryanoji.com http://www.youtube.com/user/AfricanoBoiShow
131 Fifaworldcup14 15721 15057 9317 3 8/26/2009 21:10 Lisbon http://fifaworldcup14.blogspot.com
The unofficial guide to the FIFA World Cup 2014. Here you find news from FIFA.com and other stories about football, the greatest sport!
132 EMGooru 15789 14975 53 0 2/2/2010 12:44 Pretoria http://www.imnicamail.com/
Email Marketing Gooru @ http://www.imnicamail.com/ - All the best features of all the major AutoResponders, at half the price!
133 ewnupdates 4503 14932 40574 1 2/9/2009 13:03 Pretoria - Eyewitness News. In touch. In tune. Independent. http://www.ewn.co.za
134 deejayneptune 384 14888 17488 4 3/16/2009 7:05 London http://www.djneptune.tv
Award winning renowned Int'l DJ Neptune. Radio,Club DJ,Producer doing it big in Nigeria, West Africa and beyond. Bookings +2348025282300/djneptuneent@gmail.com
135 bokrugby 201 14844 2159 0 5/4/2009 12:33 Pretoria The Official Twitter page of SA Rugby and the Springboks. http://www.sarugby.co.za
136 kidsdirect 15971 14837 10912 53 5/29/2009 13:32 Pretoria Proudly South African Kids Directory http://www.sachild.co.za
137 jodenecoza 9868 14825 12002 4 2/20/2009 6:33 Pretoria http://projectme.co.za
Born and bred SA, social influencer, blogger & speaker with a passion for watching people flourish and for eating ice cream.
138 MelBala 458 14745 17424 55 4/1/2009 11:04 Pretoria Singer.Model.Actress. This product is meant for educational purposes only.Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
139 proverbmusic 636 14743 10081 15 3/13/2009 10:33 Pretoria http://www.proverbmusic.com
SA Idols Host, 94.7 Highveld Stereo Radio Presenter, Recording Hip Hop Artist, Husband, Father, Lecturer, Voice over artist, Miss SA 2010 Host! Brand Ambassador
140 Butch_James 51 14717 190 0 4/4/2009 10:51 Rugby player, Sugar ad. agency.
141 IdolsSA 351 14627 2427 0 3/19/2010 11:02 Harare http://www.mnet.co.za/idols
The official Twitter feed for the South African version of reality TV singing search, Idols!
142 waynegturner 14259 14491 855 4 2/28/2009 5:54 Harare http://www.21steps2perfectphotos.com
I am passionate about photography, radio and my Kindle. I am a radio producer and presenter in Cape Town who is fascinated by social media & internet marketing.
143 donnette 8102 14359 82639 110 1/18/2009 16:27 Cape Verde Is. http://staidenshomeschool.com
ಠ_ಠ WAHmom, homeschool fanatic, webby, blogger, I write Educ + homeschool books, SMM Coach ಠ_ಠ
144 lesleerussell 15556 14332 2604 1 3/7/2009 15:52 Pretoria http://quicktellpro.com
Taking eMail Marketing to Extremes QuickTellpro's new Autoresponder service will save you 60% on Aweber pricing
145 vuzutv 742 14271 5188 10 6/19/2009 9:44 Pretoria Watch awesome South African video content on DSTV, web and mobile. http://www.vuzu.tv
146 keepachildalive 6963 14097 1144 0 http://keepachildalive.org
11/20/2008 0:39 Eastern Time (US & Canada) KCA is a donor-provided antiretroviral (ARV) therapy program for children and their families with HIV/AIDS in Africa and the rest of the developing world.
147 goldfishlive 986 14036 3633 11 10/28/2008 14:16 Pretoria Electro-Jazz Duo http://www.goldfishlive.com
148 whiteafrican 555 13849 11201 8 9/21/2007 16:15 Nairobi Where Africa and technology collide... Co-founder of Ushahidi, iHub Nairobihttp://www.whiteafrican.com
and AfriGadget
149 alykhansatchu 14513 13827 84789 200 2/19/2009 14:43 Nairobi http://www.rich.co.ke
http://www.rich.co.ke Banker Interest rate Macro Geopolitical Africa that kind of thing
150 FHMSouthAfrica 466 13753 1343 0 2/11/2009 7:15 Pretoria FHM - It's a guy thing http://fhm.co.za
151 jo_annstrauss 860 13616 2700 37 4/10/2009 15:20 Greenland Live, laugh, love! http://www.jo-annstrauss.com
152 rob_vember 608 13601 11632 4 4/23/2009 8:41 Pretoria broadcaster http://www.robvember.com
153 lionsrugbyteam 14931 13574 7753 0 3/30/2009 12:53 Hawaii Lions Rugby News http://www.lionsrugbyteam.com
154 Lonwabotsotsobe 106 13394 293 0 7/12/2010 12:44 Sports freak. Esp Cricket
155 globaleducation 102 13347 169 3 4/7/2009 9:08 Harare http://www.campaignforeducation.org
Global Campaign for Education. A worldwide movement to achieve Education for All.
156 Springleap 13237 13160 3535 8 1/27/2008 8:06 Pretoria http://www.springleap.com
Springleap is an online t-shirt design community that hosts bi-weekly competitions where you can win US$500+, royalties and more! #tshirtdesign #tshirt
157 followf1 13346 13082 508 0 6/7/2009 14:52 Pretoria The number one F1 newsline on Twitter, UNOFFCIAL! http://wefollow.com/followf1
158 stephen_marcus 12825 13048 9415 1 12/8/2008 14:08 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Creator and Developer of Mbono.net - SoulSpace for Dreams, Intention andhttp://mbono.net presenter and seminar leader in Freedom Through Releasing
New Creation. International
159 Supersportrugby 39 12966 3248 0 7/7/2009 6:41 Pretoria http://www.supersport.com/rugby
Bring the latest Rugby updates to Rugby fans around the world through all platforms! Be sure to also follow supersportcom
160 howdous 12430 12954 222987 1 5/27/2008 1:54 Pretoria Web Designer,Blogger.Internet entrepreneur.Anything Google,Internet,Broadband. http://www.howdo.us
161 AfricaFreak 11208 12938 1987 93 2/1/2009 17:53 Brussels http://www.africafreak.com
African Safari and Wildlife Specialist at your Service! Has had the chance to live in Africa for almost 24 years! Visit AfricaFreak.com for more details. ;) :)
162 CosmopolitanSA 153 12887 3387 1 5/13/2009 7:32 Pretoria http://www.cosmopolitan.co.za
COSMOPOLITAN magazine is the number one young women's magazine in South Africa; an indispensable read for an army of loyal Fun, Fearless Females.
163 Oscarpistorius 147 12842 1481 0 5/17/2010 13:15 Track Athlete. 400m Specialist. PB of 45.07sec http://www.oscarpistorius.com
164 dailymaverick 1386 12791 3631 0 9/4/2009 17:58 Pretoria http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za
The news and analysis website South Africa never knew it needed and now can't live without.
165 Jacques_Rudolph 185 12714 1085 9 6/4/2010 14:05 Cricketer, fly-fisherman, adventure traveller, mountain biker
166 MandyWiener 556 12706 4813 0 2/11/2009 12:03 Greenland Eyewitness News Reporter and author of Killing Kebble http://www.ewn.co.za
167 prodankiesan 61 12675 816 0 10/21/2009 17:28 Greenland Musician,Entrepenuer. http://www.tsrecords.co.za
168 helpfatloss 13533 12675 10289 0 6/5/2009 22:29 Pretoria To lose fat you need my help... http://fatloss-help.com
169 702land 4274 12565 27346 3 1/23/2009 1:20 Pretoria http://www.702.co.za
Talk Radio 702 is your news & information leader spunning three decades in the forefront of news..[the unofficial @Radio702 microblog] powered by @tammix
170 googleafrica 47 12510 320 0 7/16/2009 10:14 Google Africa Team http://google-africa.blogspot.com/
171 Slapman4u 13956 12410 1814 6 9/22/2009 23:54 Pretoria SEO working online mostly, self employed , have a beutifull son http://blog.linkaffiliates.net
172 RediTlhabi 369 12349 281 0 3/25/2010 6:53 Pretoria http://www.702.co.za
Redi's radio show on Talk Radio 702 in Gauteng & 567 Cape Talk in Cape Town 9am - 12 noon weekdays. Her TV show on Mzansi (DSTV Channel 107) Mondays 7.30pm.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
173 actionwealth 13537 12324 96 1 7/7/2009 12:10 London http://www.actionwealthsystem.com
Businessman, Fund Manager, Ambassador of Possibility. Author, Speaker, Philanthropist, and Humanitarian
174 grantnash 1189 12205 5979 1 3/16/2009 11:13 Greenland Grant Nash-Im the guy that talks kak on 5FM 12h00-15h00.
175 CapeTown 9166 12153 19778 685 9/22/2007 6:08 Pretoria http://bit.ly/atcapetown
Experience Cape Town via residents & visitors: Events, News, Advice. Ad hoc Initiative of private citizen. Sister of @JoziZA Web: atcapetown.co.za
176 PatSymcox77 138 11989 4076 354 12/17/2009 11:49 Pretoria http://wwww.remax.co.za
KZN RE/MAX Franchise owner,Retired cricketer,golfer,husband,proud Dad & poor guitarist!
177 bigconcerts 56 11952 945 0 6/5/2009 7:35 Greenland South Africa's premier live music promoter. http://www.bigconcerts.co.za
178 Samcowen 186 11885 7363 38 2/4/2009 6:12 Pretoria 37-2kids,1husband,loads of animals, breakfast xpress,great expectations.
179 kenyaairways 5543 11815 779 3 12/31/2008 0:19 Nairobi http://www.kenya-airways.com
The Pride of Africa Follow us and let us Help.Customer Relations E-mail customer.relations@kenya-airways.com
180 mmbangwa 128 11810 5695 0 4/23/2009 7:17 Harare Hubby,dad of 2,played cricket for Zim(loved it), I chat about it on Supersport.North Star Alliance ambassador(AIDS prevention)Motto-Help where you can!
181 capetownmag 8111 11787 6213 4 1/15/2009 7:10 Pretoria http://www.capetownmagazine.com
CapeTownMagazine.com is Cape Town's leading online mag, bringing you the freshest news, events, things to do, specials and giveaways!
182 nelio26 12441 11682 387 0 8/13/2009 12:00 Pretoria http://makeaffiliatemarketingmoney.com/IMA/go_software.php
I am an Internet Marketer focused on helping others succeed online. Here are 2 *FREE* software tools to help you make money from your sites? Go here now...
183 successandmoney 12253 11587 57 2 1/14/2010 21:01 Pretoria http://www.bigpoweraffiliate.com
Financial Adviser, Financial & Motivational Speaker, Real Estate Investor, Aircraft Enthusiasthttp://www.facebook.com/joubertfin
184 fatloss_help 12180 11567 3043 0 4/13/2009 9:02 Pretoria http://fatloss-help.com
You don't get fat because of a lack of exercising, that's a myth. You get fat because you don't eat the right foods at the right intervals each day.
185 socialstarman 12790 11528 9158 0 8/14/2009 21:10 Pretoria Social Media Researcher and Joint Venture Dealmaker http://www.moneycoachingfoundation.com
186 RiaadMoosa 191 11409 1231 2 5/21/2009 13:32 Greenland Comedy doctor, currently shooting http://www.materialmovie.com http://www.riaadmoosa.co.za
187 allafrica 468 11319 17105 0 10/10/2008 13:27 Pretoria http://allafrica.com
188 Dannykmusic 90 11213 3160 0 3/8/2009 17:30 Pretoria http://www.dannyk.com
Proud South African, singer, songwriter, producer, businessman, co founder and ambassador of SHOUT !!
189 Kerrymcgregor 123 11113 3507 5 4/20/2009 15:35 Pretoria Shmodel and Mom - both very busy jobs :) http://www.kerrymcgregor.com
190 Hulisani_R 332 11102 14192 227 6/1/2009 8:24 Harare http://www.facebook.com/Hulisani.Ravele
Freckled God-loving Entertainer/Corporate Ladder Climber/Success Enthusiast/Love-a-good-laugh Venda Princess (,)
191 2oceansvibe 1113 11043 8920 54 2/16/2009 15:23 Pretoria Work is a sideline, live the holiday http://www.2oceansvibe.com
192 sowetanlive 3578 10939 6521 0 5/7/2010 10:06 Pretoria http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/
New Sowetan account. Same tweets, different name. We bring you a unique perspective of SA and Int news. We are 'In the know, on the Move'.
193 liezelv 605 10921 14350 4 3/11/2009 15:23 Harare http://www.liezel.co.za
Presenter #Expressoshow #945KFM MC&VoiceArtist|Triathlete&IRONMAN|KnickName=Giraffe | I♥CT | #longestlegsinafrica #CosmoTwitterQueen #TableMountAmbassador
194 jrsohot 313 10921 7430 18 5/11/2009 13:26 Pretoria The Man who invented the Circle Feel Good MusicAll South African A**holehttp://www.feelgoodmusic.co.za
Bookings: mpho@benteyrecords.co.za / morgan@gmanagement.co.za
195 sabc3topbilling 53 10858 2599 0 8/17/2009 6:39 Greenland The Best of the Good Life http://www.topbilling.com
196 mslelob 1328 10857 43587 145 2/8/2010 16:06 Pretoria http://www.JustCurious.co.za
Proudly African. My thoughts & opinions change from time to time and that's merely a consequence of having an open mind. Oh, and I tweet a lot :-)
197 djmilkshake 114 10846 4963 6 1/27/2009 11:45 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Milkshake/232272980580
The Craziest DJ These Days - All round Crazy guy too.I Love music and gadgets. Catch me on your radio, 5FM Fridays 10PM-1AM.
198 KimSchulze 139 10732 16778 0 4/17/2009 8:35 Pretoria http://www.5fm.co.za/djs/kim_schulze
Welcome to my wonderful world of smut, hilarity and tongues in multiple cheeks. Now get me a martini. For more, see: www.lyricallywaxing.blogspot.com
199 FULLSCRNMOBIADS 11760 10691 3950 0 7/18/2010 10:20 Pretoria The next (r)evolution in Mobile Advertising ... PS - we follow back! http://www.fullscreenmobiads.com
200 Prime_Circle 5 10366 2438 3 5/6/2009 14:28 Pretoria Proudly South African rock band! http://www.primecircle.co.za
201 zapiro 77 10350 531 1 4/26/2008 11:00 Amsterdam Get notified as soon as the latest cartoon is published. http://www.zapiro.com
202 Rustytheron 22 10336 117 0 7/12/2010 10:26
203 nelsonmendela 5 10298 1 0 4/8/2009 21:29 Central Time (US & Canada) Freedom above anything
204 aweber_less60 11215 10296 281 0 5/10/2009 5:10 Pretoria http://quicktellpro.com/
This new Autoresponder service will save you 60% on Aweber pricing. It’s coming soon and it’s definitely worth waiting for...
205 Elanaafrika 4530 10291 3093 1 4/18/2009 5:26 http://www.elanaafrika.com
Television presenter, and producer. Performer and business owner. www.eaworks.co.za and www.elanaafrika.com
206 loyisomusic 306 10288 2413 1 5/11/2009 5:24 Pretoria New album 'Full Circle' out now! http://www.loyisomusic.com
207 Trafficsa 17 10259 12583 12 5/20/2009 7:28 Pretoria Nationwide #Traffic updates for #SouthAfrica, tweeted as it happens ~ a fully interactive service ~ ~ want route advice ? send a tweet to @TrafficSA
208 springleaping 10628 10241 775 0 1/16/2009 12:23 Pretoria http://www.springleap.com
Daily BARGAINS on Springleap.com T-shirts - but for 24 Hrs ONLY! Be here for tee specials every day at 12h00! - Join the magic.
209 MarketSuccessor 11498 10189 690 3 12/31/2008 5:41 Greenland http://blog.monkeyprofit.com
Looking for free internet and affiliate marketing tips and advice? Visit us today at http://blog.monkeyprofit.com
210 worldcupcnn 102 10189 2543 233 http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/worldcup/
11/21/2009 14:29 Central Time (US & Canada) All the latest news on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from CNN International including live match tweets and RTs of CNN's team in SA.
211 HillsofAfrica 10480 10123 12498 49 http://www.hillsofafrica.com
2/2/2009 2:14 Central Time (US & Canada) Zimbabwean, changing lives one journey at a time through customized African safari vacations, 2 kiddies & lovely hubby
212 therealpsyfo 386 10119 9703 3 8/20/2009 20:07 Pretoria http://www.sidrecordsmusic.co.za
Actor, Musician, Mc, Businessman and a visionary! I live for today & let in God take care of the rest. So good to be blessed...I am me...
213 ventertainment 1757 10027 4910 800 3/10/2009 10:17 Pretoria http://vuzu.tv
Freshest local&international celebrity news&interviews. Mon-Fri on @VuzuTV (Ch 123 @DStv 18:00) Daily repeats: 04:30, 07:00, 13:30 Omnibus: Saturdays 9-11AM
214 AlviroPetersen 46 9971 1675 2 7/12/2010 13:33
215 prieur 1328 9939 2869 0 12/2/2007 20:39 Pretoria http://www.investmentpostcards.com
I am an investment manager based in Cape Town. I blog my views on international financial markets at: www.investmentpostcards.com.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
216 TeeDeluxe 9664 9917 868 0 7/13/2009 15:02 Pretoria Artist. Co-Founder of Springleap.com - Artist empowerment and reward site http://www.springleap.com
217 945kfm 7523 9912 4208 12 4/25/2009 12:20 Greenland The Cape's No.1 Hit Music Station http://www.kfm.co.za
218 joeyrasdien 282 9815 3037 50 6/1/2009 11:07 Greenland Father,Comedian,Actor,Producer and aspiring Aalim and now Husband again. I also play golf.
219 hlelomasina 221 9792 9260 0 10/8/2009 17:56 Greenland One half of 'The Twinz'. Come into our world, we will truly TWINspire you! http://www.campaignforgirls.co.za
220 THESTORMERS 223 9759 1078 2 5/8/2009 8:54 Pretoria Official page of the DHL Stormers Rugby team http://www.iamastormer.com
221 abc2mp3 9663 9739 206 0 5/23/2009 21:55 Harare
222 RobAndersonsays 10680 9675 1431 36 3/6/2009 19:56 Pretoria helping new marketers to make money. using honesty. http://workfromhomemembership.com/blog
223 shugasmakx 1490 9663 4406 3 5/21/2009 9:57 Pretoria South African Hip Hop Pioneer & Entrepreneur. Just a guy tryin to make a buck :-)
224 Lead_SA 437 9662 936 228 7/12/2010 9:43 Harare http://www.leadsa.co.za
225 BlueCraneSocMed 10404 9534 5956 0 8/14/2009 6:07 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Social Media Consultants http://bluecraneimpactmarketing.com/ http://bluecraneimpactmarketing.com/
226 RykNeethling 258 9440 1041 2 6/19/2010 15:59 http://www.learntoswim.co.za.www.valdevie.co.za
Proudly South African, blessed world traveller, ambitious businessman and Olympic Gold Medallist with 3 great men
227 apologetics 8247 9410 8080 362 12/23/2008 17:12 London http://gadel4u.blogspot.com
Blogger, African, Roman Catholic, Writer, Coder, Myths and Half-Truths Buster otherwise Lover and Follower of King JESUS CHRIST and His sweet Mother MARY.
228 Gary_Kirsten 18 9280 3 0 5/19/2011 13:39 Greenland http://www.garykirsten.com
229 iamtmashigo 6980 9254 19359 28 5/14/2009 19:16 Pacific Time (US & Canada) CEO of Shigo Creatives, Web Strategist, Self-aware workaholic. http://www.shigomedia.com
230 mjamme 3400 9233 10747 7 4/20/2008 7:26 London http://www.mariemejamme.org
Citizen of the world, Seeking positive narratives for Africa by speaking & writing, I believe that I am here because you are.
231 sabreakingnews 86 9191 35252 0 4/24/2009 12:09 Greenland All the latest breaking news from across South Africa in one stream. http://www.sabreakingnews.co.za/
232 USEmbPretoria 471 9181 24028 1 4/20/2009 13:21 Pretoria United States Diplomatic Mission to South Africa http://www.facebook.com/USinSouthAfrica
233 beingmusic 8119 9088 1422 2 7/2/2009 10:48 London Music & Yoga: Ambient & Chill-out by Musician/Composer & Yoga Teacher http://beingambientmusic.com
234 xtrada 10334 9087 972 0 2/20/2009 15:27 Greenland Business man with a few websites, a blog and some affiliates which I'm managing. http://turbocash.us
235 MyANC_ 6490 9083 1247 0 1/8/2009 9:53 Pretoria This is the official African National Congress Info feed on Twitter. Follow us to get regular updates on all things ANC.
236 upgradereality 134 9056 6169 1 7/22/2008 19:02 Greenland Making a Difference to The World One Article At A Time www.UpgradeReality.com http://www.upgradereality.com
237 shona_ferguson 82 9043 3689 4 7/20/2009 9:27 Pretoria http://www.shonaferguson.co.za
Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, Actor... THE LORD IS MY LIGHT & MY SALVATION, THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE. ALL GLORY TO GOD.
238 Keegandaniel 52 8932 692 0 1/27/2010 10:21
239 ideasforafrica 1367 8926 1096 31 4/15/2009 20:05 Quito http://www.AfricaRuralConnect.org
Offer your voice and your vision to develop creative & practical plans for Africa’s economic and agricultural future.
240 RyanOConnorSA 221 8886 6491 11 3/10/2009 4:39 Pretoria media man, animal and wine lover, and speed enthusiast!
241 3rddegree_etv 3 8868 79 0 6/17/2009 13:12 Pretoria no holds barred http://www.etv.co.za/extended/index/3rd_degree/
242 golfman90 8347 8863 60 0 1/27/2010 7:35 Harare http://physicsofgolfswing.com
Total cracked on golf. Love the game, the people (most of them), and of course when I play really well love it even more!
243 Dstv 105 8860 10366 2 1/16/2009 14:58 Pretoria http://www.dstv.com
DStv is Africa's top entertainment & TV destination, giving you so much more! Response times: 8AM-5PM weekdays.e: WebEnquiries@multichoice.co.za. p:0839003788
244 hayibo 0 8839 648 0 3/15/2009 7:35 Pretoria http://www.hayibo.com
We are about satire, nothing else. Recently been brought back through the graciousness of Andrew Fehrsen and the good people at Cape Media.
245 _eeriPinkSpanky 8637 8822 15470 58 6/9/2010 10:09 Greenland (A vision ALL across the WORLD) #TFB#TeamWolfstamp #Teamusher #TeamBossLadiesWeb:www.sap.com
246 Nicdawes 443 8789 4500 0 6/1/2009 17:07 Harare Editor, the Mail & Guardian http://www.mg.co.za
247 osdurandt 437 8760 364 1 8/11/2009 11:22 Greenland http://www.facebook.com/pages/Os-du-Randt/99569939659
Ex old Springbok Prop Forward who is now learning to farm was fortunate enough to win the RWC in 1995 & 2007
248 StefanT15 16 8726 597 0 9/22/2010 13:44 Harare
249 OnAfricanSafari 7788 8562 7677 0 4/25/2009 13:30 Pretoria http://www.best-south-africa-tours.com
Luxury Travel. 11 Years of sharing the best Africa has to offer in pristine wilderness. South African Tour Operator.
250 worldcupking 2 8523 258 0 5/24/2010 22:31 Quito A special account, Tweeting while SI's Peter King is at the World Cup from June 10-26.
251 adii 86 8491 13535 37 10/17/2007 9:35 Pretoria Entrepreneur, co-founder of WooThemes and general creator of Rockstar Awesomeness!http://adii.me
252 lxcoza 9315 8395 335 0 3/24/2008 14:38 Pretoria Web marketing, SEO and WordPress specialist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. http://digireports.com
253 alandeklerkmktg 8756 8372 11044 2 10/12/2009 23:04 Pretoria http://earnprofitafterfixingdebt.com
254 KoosKombuis 4703 8291 2110 425 4/12/2009 13:07 Pretoria Koos is a South African author, columnist, and cartoonist who can also play http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kooskombuis tweet!
a few chords on the guitar. Read his novel, Twitter Dawn, tweet by
255 ferialhaffajee 328 8267 1496 5 11/13/2009 10:39 Pretoria Ferial Haffajee is editor of City Press in South Africa. She believes Africa will http://www.citypress.co.za
be a Bric - the future that is currently defined by Brazil, India and China.
256 EFTSuzanne 8269 8235 3775 3 1/13/2009 19:52 Pretoria http://www.EFT-Scripts.com
Passionate EFT Reiki Allergy Antidotes and Hypnosis holistic practitioner and author - I follow you back!
257 SuperSportcom 603 8213 11145 3 4/9/2009 5:33 Pretoria Bringing the best of sports entertainment on all media platforms. http://www.supersport.com
258 ThatKoula 477 8195 1236 0 4/24/2009 10:01 Greenland Radio and TV presenter, running fanatic and lover of all things chocolatey!94.7 Highveld Stereo: Sundays 10am-2pm
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
259 ComicalTshepo 617 8182 7844 39 2/11/2009 5:40 Pretoria Interests: Football, jokes and chicken in no particular order...stand up comedian... Bookings@tshepomogale.com
260 freshlygroundsa 2974 8116 1412 5 3/13/2009 6:59 Pretoria Freshlyground is a South African band with an eclectic and distinct sound. http://www.freshlyground.com
261 simondingle 242 8082 12948 3 2/6/2008 13:50 Pretoria http://simon.co.za/
Filling the gaps between people and technology. Host of (tech)5 on 5FM and the ZA Tech Show netcast. Journalist at Finweek Magazine. Speaker and MC.
262 MichelleJayes 8142 7976 3046 9 7/31/2008 13:43 Greenland http://www.Online-Income-Business.com
I work from home and love what I do. I love to help people achieve successwww.online-income- business.com,
263 primrosecrous 301 7942 4184 114 6/15/2009 22:06 Pretoria http://www.hohupsa.co.za
A Proud Mother of 2, Blessed Wife, Business Owner (Director) of Ho Hup Corporation International. I believe in GOD & I keep it 100% Real. *I am GOD's Jewel*.
264 Sureshnie 564 7918 7647 1 3/17/2009 19:57 Pretoria Host of 5fm Top 40, Presenter on TV(5) lover and testdriver of cool cars andhttp://www.5fm.co.za
maker of hot curry:)
265 TannieEvita 194 7875 224 2 3/12/2010 7:21 Harare http://www.evita.co.za
266 guru_earth 8060 7862 3997 0 10/3/2009 11:51 Pretoria Defender of Trees; Blessed are those who are gentle. They will inherit the earth; Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
267 USArmyAfrica 1625 7861 28729 6 2/9/2009 11:48 Amsterdam http://www.usaraf.army.mil
U.S. Army Africa Twitter Feed: News, images and video from AFRICOM and other media sources related to Africa. Following or RTing does not=endorsement
268 702David 121 7806 455 0 8/4/2009 13:57 Pretoria http://www.702.co.za
Host of Talk Radio 702's 4pm-6pm show, Lions fan, space junkie, author of sports trivia books, sometime TV presenter.
269 spitorswallow 7729 7754 12070 1 1/10/2009 6:52 Pretoria South African wine news, shaken and stirred ... http://winetimes.co.za
270 voaafrica 630 7723 9080 2 4/21/2009 19:17 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Africa news from the Voice of America. More news at voaafrica.com http://www.voaafrica.com
271 darylimpey 155 7637 1362 0 4/10/2009 14:01 Harare Age 26 years - Pro Cyclist for Team NetApp http://www.darylimpey.com
272 dionchang 138 7615 1847 42 4/23/2009 10:58 Pretoria observer, trend analyst - forever curious. Founder of Flux Trends http://www.fluxtrends.com
273 zagenieprofits 7427 7601 8 0 1/24/2010 16:03 Pretoria We take the SH.. out of your ..IT. One click & we're there! http://www.zagenie.com
274 uncomman 7549 7581 3023 2 11/27/2008 13:54 Pretoria http://blog.justd.ws
Critical Thinking Teacher, Online Marketer, Blogger, Bohemian, Animal Lover, Philosopher and Fool...
275 greenpeaceafric 4081 7558 2379 85 3/11/2009 12:22 Pretoria http://bit.ly/sK4vt
Greenpeace Africa is an independent campaigning organisation acting to change attitudes and behavior, to protect the environment and promote peace.
276 arnocarstens 500 7536 2549 15 4/5/2009 10:06 London Solo Singer/songwriter’ and singer of Springbok Nude Girls. New solo albumhttp://www.arnocarstens.blog.com
'Wonderful Wild' out now. Available on iTunes, Amazon, and in all good music stores!
277 brucebusiness 81 7489 1328 0 7/16/2010 14:04 Athens Presents #TheMoneyShow on 702 and Cape Talk, Husband, Dad, rubbish golfer, financial journalist, and hunter of great stories he likes to tell on the radio
278 rubygold 2318 7444 25151 1 8/31/2008 7:28 Pretoria n/a http://www.timeslive.co.za/
279 justplaintwit 419 7435 2271 7 8/12/2009 15:03 Pretoria JustPlainDarren is a broadcaster on Jacaranda 94.2 Breakfast, SUPERSPORThttp://www.justplainmedia.co.zaArsenal and Sharks fan for life!
anchor, owns JustPlainMedia & Productions,
280 Huisgenoot 288 7380 5850 1 3/10/2009 8:33 Harare Huisgenoot is deel van elke Afrikaanssprekende se daaglikse lewe. Dit is ookhttp://www.huisgenoot.com
die grootste tydskrif in Suid-Afrika.
281 sabcnewscom 6 7355 6497 2 3/18/2009 15:16 Pretoria SABC News.com is the online news portal of South Africa's public broadcaster. http://www.sabcnews.com
282 RJBenjamin 1127 7282 3121 0 11/9/2008 17:05 Pretoria http://wefollow.com/RJBenjamin
Soul Singer, music producer, songwriter & VO artist from South Africa...oh & vocal coach!
283 teajhb 8199 7274 4163 0 9/7/2009 19:44 Pretoria http://kirchie.com/teatw
Enthusiast. Husband. Father. Driven by setting goals and achieving them. Visionary. Business Builder. Motivator. Traffic Engagement Architect. Follow TEA!
284 suretips 8113 7256 573 0 3/27/2009 22:28 London http://www.sociatic.com
I am a young entrepreneur and a blogger from Africa. I share tips on blogging, social media and entrepreneurship on my blog, Sociatic.
285 justproteas 267 7243 1283 0 1/19/2011 9:32 Pretoria Where fans get to voice their opinion and support the South African cricket team. Tweets by @JesseJamesSA
286 stephengrootes 189 7238 2912 6 11/11/2009 9:42 Pretoria Reporter for EWN. Loves politics. And politicians. Writes for The Daily Maverick
287 sagoodnews 93 7207 903 46 11/3/2008 8:50 Pretoria http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/
Highlighting South Africa's progress and positive developments. Concentrating on solutions not problems.
288 GoToSouthAfrica 4768 7204 2273 1 4/21/2009 9:43 Pretoria The official twitter account for South African Tourism. http://www.southafrica.net
289 tracymcgregor 90 7184 872 1 4/20/2009 15:00 Model, designer & a girl that lives life to the fullest! http://www.tracymcgregor.co.za
290 trendssthafrica 1528 7125 6347 0 11/3/2010 5:05 Pretoria Real-time South Africa Twitter trends http://trendsmap.com/local/south+africa
291 arthur2point0 7107 7115 12683 10 7/12/2008 11:33 Pretoria http://www.thebrandevangelist.co.za
CEO of Fluence New Marketing, a full service online marketing agency that uses content and technology to influence opinions.
292 valarcher 7618 7108 13539 1 4/27/2009 10:15 Pretoria http://www.GreenSmoothie.com
Get FREE Raw Recipe eBook on my site--100+ Recipes + testimonials, color photos, kitchen tour. HEAL your Self, your Family and Mother Earth with LIVING foods!
293 wwfsouthafrica 45 7067 344 0 5/15/2009 8:23 Greenland http://www.wwf.org.za
WWF is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with almost five million supporters.
294 DewaldPotgieter 24 6999 397 0 6/15/2010 11:26 Harare The last living member of the rhymenoceros clan.
295 racuda 7038 6970 276 0 3/25/2009 19:16 Harare http://www.maverickmoneyrewards.com
296 c_live 1230 6962 10694 58 9/29/2008 20:01 Greenland http://www.djc-live.blogspot.com
Hip-Hop Power Nights 5fm (98.0)Mondays 22pm. THE TASTE-MAKER mixtape, now Clap! www.5fm.co.za admin@vthseason.com
297 VC4Africa 1293 6944 15022 1 12/17/2008 23:31 London http://vc4africa.biz/
VC4Africa.biz - Africa's largest venture capital community, investors and entrepreneurs, dedicated to building business on the continent.
298 30DayFacelift 4325 6932 5152 0 4/18/2009 13:15 Harare Facial exercises can make you look 10 to 15 years younger in 30 days! Checkhttp://www.facelift-without-surgery.biz/nonsurgicalfacelifts.html
out the book called Facelift Without Surgery at the website!
299 followthebounce 773 6905 10882 81 12/1/2009 11:24 Greenland http://www.thebounce.co.za
Doing it for the fans. Twitter profile of thebounce.co.za. Sporting-go-to profile for big game updates, sporting insights and a whole lot more.
300 freelifepower 7476 6877 26092 0 2/28/2009 1:24 Pretoria http://www.workathometop10-4.com
Affiliate Marketing, Wealthy Affiliate, Internet marketing, work at home, top 10 work from home businesses, reviews, internet marketing products,
301 ChristopherM 346 6810 20068 0 10/1/2007 0:07 Cairo The Internet swallowed me! Owner of www.imod.co.za http://imod.co.za/
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
302 sacricketblog 378 6791 3983 3 1/19/2009 14:09 Pretoria South Africa's premier cricket blog http://sacricketblog.com
303 zulika2 6733 6786 20 0 2/10/2009 10:46 Pretoria You miss 100% of the shots you don't take! http://www.gpfmortgage.co.za
304 mymarrakesh 379 6775 5216 12 3/22/2009 8:24 Casablanca http://www.moroccanmaryam.typepad.com
Owner of @PeacockPavilion, a boutique hotel in a Marrakech olive grove. Penning a book on Moroccan interior design for a US publisher. Blogger & photographer.
305 southafricans 2438 6768 1172 2 4/22/2009 7:15 Alaska Join the South African Twitter Network and connect with your fellow countrymen/women.
306 gussilber 5916 6758 13883 46 6/26/2008 16:36 Harare http://gussilber.posterous.com
I play with words, and sometimes work with them too, as a Journalist/Author/Scriptwriter/Speechwriter/TweetWriter.
307 nadianeophytou 1062 6744 11454 0 1/23/2009 9:30 Greenland http://www.missntertainment.com
South African Journalist based in New York - love music, theatre, film and being in the Big Apple!
308 BBCAfricaHYS 4270 6742 7662 8 5/12/2009 10:03 London Connecting Africans, wherever you are. Join us and discuss what matters to http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/africahaveyoursay 1600GMT. Tweet back.
you. We are LIVE on the BBC World Service every Tue, Wed, Thu at
309 tjserfontein 7079 6734 10228 1 9/1/2009 17:41 Mid-Atlantic Expert Network Marketer helping People Master Social Media with Wisdom http://wisdomwith.sponsordaddy.me
310 joomlatips 293 6712 1421 4 12/5/2008 10:48 Pretoria Joomla tips and trix. Brought to you by @prothemer http://www.joomlatips.com
311 philjansen 6420 6691 17770 62 10/12/2009 19:38 Pretoria I am an Internet Marketer, giving tips and advise on Small Business,Internet http://philjansen.com Spiritual Marketing. Passion Soul Winner for Jesus!
Marketing,Self Improvement and
312 EZeeGardening 6467 6660 37137 4 6/18/2009 11:41 Harare http://gardeningiseasy.blogspot.com
Gardener, graphic designer, artist, writer, photographer, foodie, blogger. Day job: responsible tourism development & marketing consultant
313 kojobaffoe 1332 6641 52498 608 9/6/2008 20:56 Harare http://www.kojobaffoe.com
Editor: Destiny Man (www.destinyman.com), Writer, Blogger, Retired Poet, Entrepreneur, Dreamer
314 JustWP 643 6617 4139 1 10/18/2010 8:08 Pretoria Bringing the passion back into the game! http://justwpblog.co.za
315 ChrisRoperZA 494 6612 10697 29 5/23/2008 12:05 Pretoria Editor of www.mg.co.za - the Mail & Guardian Online. Blog: www.chrisroper.co.za http://www.chrisroper.co.za
316 KickOffMagazine 327 6578 4539 0 5/7/2009 10:14 Greenland http://www.kickoff.com
South Africa's football authority: Soccer at its best! Latest soccer news and inside info. Be ahead of the game. Tweeted by @KickOffCooper and @ProjectJennifer
317 colinmosssa 111 6533 1619 3 6/23/2009 17:07 Pretoria http://www.colinmoss.com
Comic/actor/writer/producer/wearer of hats. Nice-ish guy. Managing partner in Gathered Moss Productions. Easily distrac...
318 artsouthafrica 125 6533 414 0 7/14/2008 19:38 Pretoria http://www.artsouthafrica.com
Art South Africa is South Africa's leading art and design magazine publishing opinions that matter!
319 JackAuthentic 6105 6487 3100 7 3/17/2010 7:32 Greenland The Authentic Twitter profile for Jack Maringa http://bit.ly/r2oYVx
320 reinhardtgallow 7022 6485 12067 0 9/19/2008 16:14 Greenland The Super Affiliate Coach http://www.affiliateteachings.com
321 sexylegsandbod 7054 6455 3936 2 12/14/2008 16:28 Pretoria http://sexylegsandbody.blogspot.com
I am a grumpy 49 year old man, I love airplanes, but don't like to fly, I hate two faced people, I love guns, fast cars & ladies with long well shaped legs!
322 4tahir 6003 6435 3668 135 9/7/2009 19:46 Mumbai http://technophah.com
Techie, Blogger,College student, and Traveler. ⁀↘‿↗⁀↘‿↗⁀↘☛#teamautofollow #tfb ╰☆╮http://www.facebook.com/khadar
323 incrtronics 6351 6390 717 0 4/11/2010 14:17 http://www.incredibletronics.com
Wholesale Consumer Electronics, Cell Phones, Gadgets, Car Audio / Car DVD, Digital Cameras, MP4 Players, Spy Cameras, Security Products, etc.
324 the_blog_guru 6968 6386 7961 3 5/5/2009 7:16 Pretoria Build your own Website. I have been online since 1997 and have lived of myhttp://joueiewebwerf.com You can now do it in 12 months.
Internet income for the last 10 years.
325 eco_preneur 5224 6353 1012 18 4/2/2009 9:15 Pretoria Ecopreneur. Green business opportunities. Sustainability. Digital marketing http://www.ecopreneur.co.za
& social media strategists. Creativity. Wordpress. Let's collaborate!
326 ewnreporter 105 6349 5627 0 9/17/2010 11:23 Pretoria http://www.ewn.co.za
Updates from the Eyewitness News team - always factual, sometimes funny, often insightful.
327 cn 5068 6317 12113 25 4/7/2007 10:39 Pretoria http://chrl.me/q2a1JL
CoFounder of @blueworld @zoopedup (acquired by 24.com). Publisher of @carblogcoza @bandwidthblog @sport_blog. 2008 Young Entrepreneur of Africa runner up.
328 SHASHINAIDOO 135 6274 1777 2 3/4/2010 10:56 Owner of Alushi Management, TV personality and Model http://alushi.co.za
329 StencilLady 6485 6271 6141 0 3/27/2009 10:31 Pretoria http://wallandmural-stencils.com
My name is Leslee Russell and I've been making and selling Stencils for more than 10 years!
330 jurgenphoto 5865 6264 11786 2 11/8/2007 7:15 Pretoria Photographer, runner, bon vivant http://www.jurgensphotography.com
331 BMW_SA 285 6257 90 0 2/2/2009 12:01 Pretoria The official twitter channel of BMW South Africa. http://www.bmw.co.za
332 roxy_louw 192 6244 1090 9 7/27/2010 2:00 http://www.roxylouw.com
Surfer turned model,Blue Crush 2 movie,EXFOLIAC Suncare fluid,Oakley international face,KAUAI health food,FHM 100sexiest winner,Proudly SOUTH AFRICAN!!
333 terryp12 6038 6237 11605 0 5/26/2009 14:22 Pretoria http://www.terrychat.com
Semi-retired, mad about my family, marketing, flying, video, guitar music and golf
334 Rolandschoeman 185 6221 1800 0 8/11/2009 13:39 West Central Africa Olympic Gold Medallist, World Champion, World Record Holder, Avid Golferhttp://www.rolandschoeman.com
and Proudly South African
335 NOTa_webber 6856 6193 290 0 7/24/2009 7:56 Pretoria
336 Shimbin 6476 6143 1239 62 3/6/2009 7:57 Harare http://72065.iamagel.com/
I coach people to create themselves economic freedom through establishment of business from home
337 RugbyFifteen 365 6117 26237 8 1/19/2010 12:53 Pretoria http://www.RUGBY15.co
Tri-Nations | Six-Nations | IRB Rugby World Cup | IRB Sevens 7 | SuperRugby | CurrieCup | VodacomCup | SchoolRugby | VarsityCup | RuggaStatsSince 1 Feb 2010
338 damstarfatboy 564 6100 4811 27 5/28/2009 13:13 Pretoria http://facebook.com/damstar
NorthWest South Africa's fatboy rapper/Bcom marketing student/highergradehustler not gonna say im the best there'll ever be, just tryna be the best i can be!
339 obox 262 6097 21190 862 5/14/2008 7:03 Pretoria Co-founder of Obox, I make things. http://davidperel.net
340 trendsjoburg 1224 6084 4539 0 7/30/2010 6:48 Pretoria Real-time Johannesburg Twitter trends http://trendsmap.com/local/za/johannesburg
341 thatnicole 467 6044 20842 87 5/19/2009 2:28 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/ThatNicole5fm
Go-getter girl with the worlds best dimples. Genuine. Have a brain and not afraid to use it. Heard on 5FM late nights. Seen on the road running uphill
342 zuraidajardine 158 6020 1660 0 5/20/2010 21:40 Greenland Don't worry about a thing,'cause every little thing is gonna be all right.
343 SuperSportCric 171 6001 14913 2 7/7/2009 6:46 Pretoria http://www.supersport.com/cricket
We love cricket here at SuperSportCric! Be sure to follow us for the latest news and live SA match chatter.
344 overlandsun 5825 5882 705 1 2/6/2009 19:05 London http://www.overlandinthesun.com
Gwyn and Ryan raising money for SolarAid by traveling overland from London to Cape Town, in a Toyota Landcruiser with Solar Power
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
345 DaveDuarte 688 5878 5189 20 3/13/2007 13:51 Pretoria Digital Business Educator. My life is my lab. http://www.daveduarte.co.za
346 _South_Africa_ 5558 5874 1622 0 2/20/2009 5:40 Pretoria http://bit.ly/bN5hFy
A Grateful Soul and Magnificent mind, in a Body, in the Best Country on Earth in these exciting times.
347 jasonzoopy 54 5814 9234 0 12/29/2007 14:07 Pretoria http://www.zoopy.com
CEO of Zoopy. Tune in to bite-sized videos of the latest news, sports and entertainment. All made for mobile, so your phone will love it.
348 ericajohn1 5514 5779 31207 0 8/18/2009 8:51 Greenland http://bit.ly/U1PBZ
I like to help myself and other tweeters to succeed. I am an enthusiastic go getter and will direct you to the way to enlarch your willy.
349 justneem 6028 5758 241 0 11/8/2008 2:35 Eastern Time (US & Canada) We're a North Carolina company that makes Neem body care products and http://justneem.com
plants trees in Africa.
350 shakasisulu 1355 5703 19331 297 3/10/2009 6:51 Harare http://www.facebook.com/shaka.sisulu
Just an Afrikan with a Vision of the Greatness of Afrika. A Lover of Sun, Song, Dance, Sea, People, Ideas, Child, Inspiration, Woman, words, Afrikan Soil & Love
351 Naomiestment 5679 5703 2203 56 6/2/2009 6:15 Pretoria http://www.naomisnotes.com
Freelance writer, photographer & blogger, lover of nature, wildlife, adventure, scuba diving, snow skiing, health, fitness, dogs & cats, esp. GSD's & NFC's
352 DombeyaWine 3910 5685 3561 5 1/29/2009 3:19 Harare Home of Dombeya Chardonnay, rated 4.5 stars, John Platter Guide 2009 and 2010 http://www.dombeyawine.com
353 danielleguizio 189 5656 7813 50 10/11/2008 6:31 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Dunder Mifflin Inc. http://Lilwayne.com
354 kaliefie 6252 5647 1629 70 5/18/2009 21:00 Greenland http://www.facebook.com/johan.vandermerwe
Servant of Christ, ex-pastor, passionate about renewal of society, social justice, combating aids, poverty, etc. Loves theology, [esp. arty] films.
355 aloive 5821 5632 73 0 5/20/2009 19:36 Greenland MyHomeBiz offers all South Africans a passive income opportunity for life! http://www.the7figurebizonline.com
356 farmafrica 4425 5557 2785 12 4/7/2009 11:09 London http://www.farmafrica.org.uk
FARM-Africa works at a grassroots level with rural communities in eastern Africa, providing long term solutions to poverty.
357 PlayboyMagSA 224 5519 1750 10 11/26/2010 10:26 Pretoria http://www.playboy.co.za
The official Twitter page for PLAYBOY South Africa. Founded in 1953, PLAYBOY magazine is the best-selling monthly men’s magazine in the world!
358 EroticHeat 6063 5509 5177 1 1/18/2009 10:06 Harare My sensual erotic. stories I have written and images that did it for me.... http://tremblingfluidheat.tumblr.com/
359 africam 4398 5448 11054 1 12/11/2008 7:33 Greenland http://www.africam.com
LIVE streaming full-motion safari webcams with sound. Visit the African bush and see wild animals in their true habitat. Eco-tourism/Wildlife Conservation
360 vemmasa_verve 6200 5434 8780 0 5/28/2009 19:25 Pretoria Vemma VERVE - Boost of healthy energy http://darrylc.vemma.com/verve/
361 cameronolivier 1689 5407 34713 31 12/3/2008 17:14 Pretoria http://www.cameronolivier.com
I'm a designer/developer at theClassifieds.co.za, father to a beautiful daughter and a lover of God.
362 bangersandnash 702 5403 16734 1 2/27/2009 12:20 Harare S
http://www.bangersandnash.com
I smell like alcohol....a lot.
ocial Media Manager, King Of Twitter, creator of SA’s favourite 2nd best entertainment blog, lover of women, excels in awesome.
363 yvetinsa 6028 5394 828 1 4/13/2010 10:26 http://www.internetopportunities.co/19831
Born for adventure. Online Entrepreneur and Fitness Fanatic.Living with an abundance mindset.
364 youtubegeeks 6125 5388 27892 0 4/6/2009 20:31 Pretoria Thanks for following me on twitter. I am a Youtube Fanatic,SEO Junkie and Social Media Evangelist.
365 jeanesterhuizen 292 5355 20952 81 3/30/2009 9:17 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/jean.esterhuizen
SABC News TV & Radio Journalist | News Bulletin Writer for Goodhope FM | Beyoncestan aka Killerbee| Rihanna & Gaga Fan | I TWEET IN MY OWN PERSONAL CAPACITY.
366 ewntraffic 13 5352 3174 0 9/7/2009 5:56 Pretoria http://www.ewn.co.za/trafficewn.asp
EWN's traffic feed. Call us on 083 91 DRIVE ( 083 91 37483) or sms on 31702Go to ewn.co.za click on traffic for more...
367 toniekonig 5847 5316 1083 3 8/20/2008 20:38 Pretoria http://MainStreetMarketing.co.za
I'm an SEO expert. I use Social Media and SEO to build poweful digital marketing campaigns for Real Estate Agents and Local Business in South Africa.
368 watkykjy 77 5311 9726 3 4/11/2007 20:06 Pretoria Polluting the South African interwebs since 1995. http://www.watkykjy.co.za
369 Craighaywood 4472 5284 7 0 4/5/2009 15:59 Pretoria Marketer, Author, Programmer, Speaker, Coaching http://www.craighaywood.com
370 addicted2jb 2887 5284 18368 36 3/27/2010 9:10 Pretoria http://tl.gd/39g7j5
We're addicted to the BIEB! He's RTed us twice ; ) NEVER SAY NEVER♥live♥love♥laugh♥belieb♥
371 GaryGoldrugbyiq 68 5136 1101 20 8/20/2009 7:48 Pretoria http://www.rugbyiq.com
Follow Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold via his unique coaching website, www.rugbyiq.com - Raise Your Game!
372 followchintan 3384 5132 5604 2 12/23/2008 16:46 Pretoria iOS/iPhone/iPad Developer. Learning Cocoa. Like to follow like-minded people. http://www.lotofwallpapers.com
373 mikestopforth 803 5127 17353 8 3/7/2007 17:29 Pretoria Dad, drummer, believer, marketer, sports fan (@ZASport), film freak, poker http://www.mikestopforth.com
amateur, proud South African. Founder of @cerebra, @27dinner. Incomplete blinker.
374 DavidDonde 5379 5118 2319 1 5/19/2008 18:13 Pretoria http://www.daviddonde.com/wp
Coffee Evangelist, pseudo journalist, talk show host and sometime marketing anarchist. Now a purveyor of TRUTH.
375 elizepotgieter 5628 5098 772 0 5/30/2009 14:31 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Business owner and entrepreneur. I love living life love my family and my dogs http://bit.ly/mWfaOw
376 xbox360gamersa 3542 5026 2025 1 5/23/2009 17:04 Pretoria South African Xbox 360 Gamer http://wefollow.com/Xbox360gamerSA
377 LookandListenSA 4000 5016 418 0 12/2/2009 9:38 Pretoria #1 Music DVD Gaming & Digital store in South Africa http://www.lookandlisten.co.za
378 art2gee 1945 4965 3828 207 9/8/2008 13:51 Hawaii http://www.urbanlegends.org
Run World Wide Worx, publish Gadget magazine, write books on urban legends and tech topics. Chelsea and Wits U fan, SF, comics, single malt, fudge.
379 Lalavier 4734 4903 3989 16 8/24/2010 12:28 http://facebook.com/lalavi
Only 160 chars to explain who Iam? Omg.. Well, Errr... I`m like..I`m... Aaaaah, the pressure! *runsaround in circles*
380 walterpike 4021 4881 9359 1 12/27/2007 17:29 Pretoria http://www.pike.co.za
Founder: PiKE |New Marketing & of the Digital Academy. Social Media participant & guide. Pro Speaker, Blogger.
381 SamWilson1 583 4862 19746 724 4/29/2008 14:37 Pretoria http://www.women24.com
Editor-in-Chief: Women24, Parent24 and Food24. Feminist, anarchist and renegade parent, raging against the dying of the strobe light.
382 weight_loss_web 5381 4858 11094 0 5/23/2009 16:52 Pretoria Lose all your excess weight today http://weightloss.onlinebeauty.co.za/
383 KgomotsoMatsu 440 4829 5190 4 8/18/2009 16:42 Pretoria http://www.tompictures.co.za
Entrepreneur. Host of Late Night with Kgomotso. Producer & Writer. Fmr Editor of The Oprah Magazine (SA). Feminista. Irreligious. One of a kind.
384 anthonydacruz 5143 4803 353 1 5/19/2007 20:56 Pretoria An ex chef still in love with food. http://tastebuddelights.com
385 MTNSouthAfrica 910 4673 3105 0 3/1/2010 9:09 Pretoria http://www.mtn.co.za
386 luv2_travel 3162 4656 3966 0 4/13/2009 15:47 Pretoria http://yesbeenthere.blogspot.com/
Adventure, Travelling, Tourism, Outdoors, Hiking, Cape Town, SocialMedia, Coffee, Chocolate, Golf, TrailRunning, Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Photography
387 africanewsfeed 25 4635 5537 0 11/17/2008 17:47 Amsterdam http://www.africanews.com
AfricaNews is the most compelling interactive Africa community, sharing news, photos, videos, mobile reports and the untold stories by African reporters.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
388 gbishopsa 4699 4604 737 0 9/9/2009 15:31 Pretoria Wordpress, Blogging, Online research, SEO insights, Sports enthusiast http://wpdiscover.com
389 vodacom111 3810 4596 12503 5 10/8/2010 12:08 Pretoria http://www.vodacom.co.za
The official Vodacom channel dedicated to customer service. Operational hours currently 8-5PM 7days a week.
390 CellC 623 4527 5282 3 5/18/2009 8:39 Pretoria http://www.cellc.co.za
Cell C looks to the future to bring you the technology of tomorrow today. That's why, above all, we are a provider of possibilities. The power is in your hands!
391 francisotolo 4944 4509 4583 5 8/9/2008 16:32 West Central Africa http://www.francisotolo.com
Entrepreneur, Founder, edupreneur, bootstrapper, visionary & innovator. Work on sustainable business, ideas, StartUps & what practically works and betters life.
392 golddust7 4771 4485 68 0 4/19/2009 14:00 Pretoria http://vgovender.successuniversity.com/specialoffer
medic turning life coach trainee, energy worker, network marketing, intl. travel,
393 ReagenAllen 3169 4432 8634 397 12/3/2008 9:15 Mid-Atlantic http://about.me/reagenallen
Blogger | Indigenous | Legal | Politics | I love my PC my friends live in it | Will use tasteful words, I might have to eat it later™
394 missiondiary 4247 4422 2205 10 6/4/2008 12:02 Nairobi http://www.living4Jesus.org
Missionary, Church Planter, Pastor. training and planting Churches in East Africa. Christian blogger. Loving Jesus with all his heart
395 fbclubafrica 20 4306 2140 0 3/12/2009 10:38 West Central Africa Helping you improve your business in Africa http://www.flyingblueclubafrica.com
396 gerthough 4400 4296 1705 72 5/18/2008 7:11 Pretoria Article Writer - Website Marketer - Website Promoter - Child of God http://gerthough.com
397 Elmakapelma 1055 4290 5677 13 3/3/2009 7:35 Greenland http://www.5fm.co.za/djs/Elma
I speak for a living. And I love it! SuperSport's Lady Rugga, 5FM DJ(4-7am,w/ends) & host of Studio1 on MK http://on.fb.me/jRH5md
398 afrigadget 36 4246 325 0 4/16/2008 21:34 Quito Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity http://www.AfriGadget.com
399 allcapetown 1829 4242 5681 1 12/29/2009 22:38 Pretoria
400 luxafricatravel 1690 4231 255 4 9/25/2009 8:38 Harare http://www.luxuryafricatravel.com
Luxury Africa Travel is your personal concierge for luxury travel services to Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands.
401 Authopublisher 4320 4190 8042 4 8/23/2010 8:22 Pretoria http://authopublisher.com
Self publishing expert blogger. Collaborate with me now http://authopublisher.com/blogging-2/blog-tribe-collaborators
402 allforafrica 676 4153 1128 0 http://allforafrica.org
12/22/2008 22:52 Eastern Time (US & Canada) All for Africa develops solutions for communities designed to generate long-term sustainable revenue streams to fund local development programs in Africa
403 ZeldalaGrangeSA 59 4151 922 1 2/15/2011 15:13
404 mcleodd 286 4101 9101 5 12/19/2007 17:46 Pretoria http://www.techcentral.co.za
Technology journalist and entrepreneur living in South Africa. Editor of www.techcentral.co.za (on Twitter @TechCentral)
405 FoodBlogCT 3824 4076 1173 0 1/30/2010 12:59 Pretoria http://foodblog.cape-town.info
entertaining blog based in Cape Town on food related topics as well as restaurant specials, news and event updates. Find marketing resources @FoodBlogCT_MKTG
406 futurecapetown 2998 4072 14211 65 4/13/2009 22:27 Pretoria http://futurecapetown.com
IDEAS OUTLET: a social media movement aimed at inspiring citizens and stimulating debate about the present and future Cape Town.
407 TimothyMoloi 4161 4064 1489 100 3/16/2009 9:57 Pretoria My debut album LOVE THAT MUSIC is available in music stores & on ITunes,http://www.youtube.com/user/TimothyMoloi
Amazon, CDBaby, Kalahari.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Timothy-Moloi/10440847852
408 africatechie 1519 3994 7417 3 1/23/2010 16:33 West Central Africa http://africanentrepreneur.blogspot.com/
African Tech Entrepreneur. Tweet about technology in Africa, Corruption and African politics. Blog about the daily reality of doing business in Africa.
409 SouthAfricaStay 1294 3976 4971 0 4/7/2009 14:40 I'm Dorothee, tweeting about South Africa and some of the greatest places http://www.southafrica-stay.com
to stay in the Rainbow Nation.
410 HarounKola 4354 3969 9987 128 6/13/2007 22:42 Pretoria eco geek, rainbow guru, blogger, kahuna, yogi, sufi, loves to serve existence http://harounkola.com
:)
411 JackPuzzle 3931 3947 2057 9 11/5/2010 14:29 Greenland http://bit.ly/r2oYVx
Any direct message I recieve I will ReTweet but first you have to Follow me then I will Follow you back.
412 oudjoe 4335 3946 5654 2 10/2/2009 16:27 Pretoria http://www.wozahost.com
413 capetownfreeway 2 3928 17042 58 6/24/2010 11:24 Pretoria We report on traffic flows on most of Cape Town Freeways. We cover the N1 to the Tunnel, N2 to Sir Lowry's Pass, N7 to Potsdam, R300 and M5 between N1 and N2.
414 JuicyJemma 2081 3916 4120 10 4/15/2010 11:55 Pretoria http://juicyjemma.blogspot.com
Miss July for Playboy SA! Blogger, socialite, fashionista, shoe-addict, go-getter and full-time model in the making. This is my journey. Buckle up!
415 Afrigator 3831 3913 24992 2 8/16/2007 13:07 Pretoria http://afrigator.com
This is the official Afrigator account. We post the best links from Africa and respond to your requests!
416 AnilSalick 4027 3891 1905 31 1/26/2009 18:02 Pretoria http://www.anilsalick.com
Business consultant, expert facilitator, speaker, writer. Strategist & job fit profiling consultant. Freethinker.
417 jcwlife 18 3816 780 1 7/6/2009 7:59 Pretoria A Talkshow host with Talk Radio 702,writer, runs an author event company,http://www.702.co.za/pages/shows/jenny.asp to James Patterson!
mad about everything & has interviewed everyone from Bill Clinton
418 maddoxp1 4273 3815 41 0 7/22/2009 16:48 Pretoria
419 KirstyBisset 736 3799 13907 72 http://www.fhm.co.za/social/profile/KirstyB
5/24/2009 18:38 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Distinctly average attitude towards conformity. Patron Princess. Want to know who let the dogs out.
420 Dazmsmith 4175 3795 27495 819 11/3/2007 19:57 Harare http://about.me/darren.m.smith
SmartR Media. Green tech. Bullet the blue sky. red espresso. Marmalade. Zebu. Dark chocolate. Double Jameson on ice. Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Blue. Rock.
421 kinzard 3944 3789 755 0 5/26/2010 9:07 Pretoria Sneaker Crazy, Nature Freak, Tennis and Cape Argus Lover http://kswisssneakerstore.com
422 mark_keohane 210 3755 1790 5 4/21/2010 15:01 Pretoria Sportswriter, publisher and rugby talk show host and dad to Oliver and Juliahttp://www.keo.co.za
423 ianfsa 786 3741 4332 4 2/3/2009 22:35 Pretoria The IanF Show, Voice Overs & Tequila... Mad About Good Radio! http://www.facebook.com/theianfshow
424 samsungmobilesa 1715 3694 1484 1 6/19/2009 12:28 Pretoria This is the official Twitter channel for Samsung Mobile South Africa. http://samsungblog.co.za
425 TankLanning 388 3668 12742 16 4/8/2009 8:16 Pretoria http://www.frontrowgrunt.co.za
A thirsty beer and rugby enthusiast, with a penchant for the digital media, but not at the expense of family and friends
426 uyspj 374 3578 372 5 6/21/2009 12:01 Pretoria Vodacom CEO
427 red_elvis 3413 3573 12159 54 3/1/2009 11:46 West Central Africa Time flies when you're in a coma.
428 mikeasaunders 3643 3539 4154 2 4/9/2008 12:12 Pretoria http://www.mikesaunders.co.za
CEO @digit_lab, Keynote Speaker @tomorrowtodayza. I speak/blog on Social Media (Marketing, Consumers) & Social Business (CRM, HR, Collaboration, Management)
429 StandardBankGrp 2783 3532 6522 0 7/15/2009 10:21 Pretoria Welcome to the official Standard Bank Group on Twitter http://www.standardbank.com
430 Shine2010 3700 3530 1781 1 9/4/2008 11:51 Pretoria http://www.shine2010.co.za
Keeping you up to date on the 2010 World Cup. News, videos, interviews, facts and insights into the world’s largest sporting event.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
431 raouldejongh 460 3527 7899 49 8/27/2008 13:49 Pretoria http://www.urban-ninja.co.za
Food, Wine, People. Biking, running, swimming & laughing. Music, balance and a sense of purpose. Attempting to be the worlds first carbon neutral athlete.
432 yfmtraffic 1 3521 24308 1 4/9/2009 10:14 Pretoria http://www.yworld.co.za
Brings you traffic updates in the Gauteng area as they happen. To send us traffic incidents e-mail: yfmtraffic@yfm.co.za
433 alechogg 3539 3503 1881 6 7/29/2008 9:32 Pretoria http://www.moneyweb.co.za
Writer, broadcaster, thinker; lives by choice in the KZN Midlands, South Africa; tweets market updates and references to his own and other useful articles
434 mandyldewaal 608 3466 9805 5 4/17/2008 19:12 Pretoria Writer. Thought Activist. Journalist. http://mdw.typepad.com
435 CwBrazendale 3816 3466 62 0 7/11/2008 11:19 Pretoria http://www.prevent-repossession.co.za
My passion is property and internet marketing. I am also good at Adwords and Linkbuilding. But most important to me is my Family.
436 food24 1155 3444 3683 0 2/18/2009 7:35 Pretoria SA’s leading online foodie site – with recipes, restaurants and awesome blogs! http://www.food24.com
437 africagathering 948 3416 2599 1 1/20/2009 10:01 London http://www.africagathering.org
First all-inclusive platform featuring doers, thinkers technophiles, developers, entrepreneurs to come and share ideas about Africa.
438 numetro 1025 3406 3695 6 1/29/2008 23:59 Pretoria more entertaining, South Africa - DVD, Cinema, Gaming, Blu-Ray http://www.numetro.co.za
439 africasoccer 34 3353 76504 0 6/26/2009 20:27 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Live soccer scores from the Confederation of Arican Football. http://www.worldsoccertweets.com
440 NokiaRSA 246 3351 2721 7 3/31/2009 17:34 Pretoria Nokia South Africa, connecting with people from all over the country, talking tech, music, navigation, apps and more!
441 Africabiz 3751 3254 15612 1 8/15/2009 20:22 London http://madeinafrika.biz
We bring Africa Businesses and Business opportunities to your office and home, Africa is the way forward
442 maggiev 1015 3242 10189 70 10/9/2007 13:10 Pretoria http://www.school2.co.za
ICT/social media 4 learning & Teaching activist + Maths teacher supporter and material developer
443 dionwired 574 3231 3529 0 6/3/2009 14:37 Pretoria DionWired is South Africa's premier consumer electronics & appliances store. http://www.dionwired.co.za/
444 geoffreyyork 1012 3215 2727 0 5/27/2009 19:30 Pretoria http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/
Africa correspondent for The Globe and Mail; based in Johannesburg but travelling across sub-Saharan Africa; email address: gyork@globeandmail.com
445 LiamLynchPhoto 443 3213 21864 294 5/7/2009 8:55 Pretoria I am a photographer; it's that simple. I am an artist; it's that complicated. http://liamlynchphotographer.posterous.com/
446 Noseweek_Mag 305 3195 616 4 8/29/2009 11:21 Pretoria http://www.noseweek.co.za
Africa's only monthly Investigative Magazine... The news you're not supposed to know
447 brendanjack 400 3144 1564 0 3/3/2009 9:13 Pretoria http://www.brendanjack.com/
Film & TV writer, performer, producer, director, voice artist, marketer, content creator and others. Also @ http://twitter.com/medialaunch
448 stanlouw 3439 3141 1377 4 4/15/2009 10:37 Pretoria Social Media Strategist, Marketing Consultant & Trainer @VIRAConsulting | http://www.facebook.com/viramarketing
Pro Bono Mystery Shopper | Recovering Gourmet | Land-locked Spearo |
449 gianvisser 1514 3138 2615 149 3/16/2009 13:06 Pretoria http://www.afrihost.com
CEO of Afrihost. My strict 'no promotion in my bio' policy means I can't say how ridiculously awesome Afrihost is. I love God, my family & entrepreneurship
450 RelaxWithDax 294 3136 7328 37 4/15/2009 16:29 Pretoria What's what in Cape Town http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za
451 spillly 134 3132 30457 3 5/16/2008 8:53 Helsinki Spillly with 3 L's http://spillly.com/
452 onelocation 619 3122 668 0 4/3/2009 10:48 London http://www.onelocation.com
Updated by Steve Villiers :: onelocation.com :: Worldwide (in a few weeks ;-) Holiday Rentals Direct from the Owner
453 cnbcafrica 11 3116 820 0 7/16/2009 13:52 Greenland http://www.cnbcafrica.com
CNBC Africa is Africa’s first 24 hour international markets, finance and business network available on DStv channel 410.
454 RichardHardiman 1319 3082 5089 1 4/1/2009 6:29 Cape Verde Is. When the mike is off the twitter happens... http://harderslive.wordpress.com/
455 NMandelaBay 2295 3072 1014 1 5/19/2009 8:12 Pretoria Friendly people, great beaches, Big 7 game viewing, history, culture, sports, http://www.nmbt.co.za so much more. The perfect destination.
2010 and IRB Sevens host city and
456 nomatq 735 3021 58563 21 3/16/2009 14:04 Greenland Im African by birth, Xhosa by culture and Cosmopolitan by choice.
457 janbraai 180 3011 3398 3 5/18/2009 12:14 Pretoria The man behind National Braai Day. The celebration of the nation. http://braai.com
458 NeilManthorp 48 3004 157 0 5/13/2009 7:17 Harare
459 Lyndall_Jarvis 153 3000 1088 1 3/18/2009 11:08 Greenland Born and raised capetonian...otherwise known as Jarvie !!!!
460 africacafe 3224 2978 2661 0 5/23/2009 6:56 Pretoria The best African Restaurant in Cape Town http://www.africacafe.co.za
461 ardmatthews 107 2968 1154 7 8/19/2008 3:43 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Lead singer, Just Jinjer! Kiter, SUP'er, sailor and proud South African http://www.ardmatthews.com
462 RichMulholland 152 2963 8909 852 3/18/2007 21:12 Pretoria A guy, some tattoos, and a big mouth. http://richmulholland.com
463 Bruceps 473 2940 3395 166 3/18/2009 14:46 Greenland Editor, Business Day, Johannesburg. Former editor Financial Mail & Business Report. Former Madrid Correspondent & Bonn Corr, Financial Times
464 sznq 703 2928 39464 835 5/27/2008 16:21 Pretoria Business & Web focus. Search & Tech. Feisty. Often laughing...Even when I'm not. Eclectic tweeter.
465 Tech4Africa 2058 2918 1591 1 1/15/2010 14:13 Pretoria http://tech4africa.com/
Tech4Africa is a web and emerging technology conference, bringing global perspective to the African context.
466 Women24 1201 2891 2479 1 3/31/2009 8:36 Pretoria Where SA women chat. http://www.women24.com
467 rushay 2387 2875 39659 150 6/22/2008 6:11 Pretoria http://www.rushay.org
▌│█│║▌║││█║▌│║MANUFACTURED AND ASSEMBLED IN SOUTH AFRICA*The Tipping Point/Activist/Photographer/Digital geek/Speaker/Music lover/Wikileaker *
468 henkneuhoff 2977 2873 666 1 7/21/2009 5:53 Pretoria http://www.waterfriendly.co.za
Water Conservationist, Eco Entrepreneur, Registered Financial Advisor, addicted to Cycling and Proudly South African!
469 Pigspotkzn 18 2855 2916 3 8/11/2010 11:35 Pretoria http://j-j.co.za/pigspotkzn
Automatic retweet service for information relating to traffic and traffic incidents in KZN. Visit the website for code of conduct.
470 wooze66 3097 2853 3740 1 3/20/2009 7:51 Greenland http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffanytp/
work addict by day, when is night? typographic traveller by dream, flickrdicted, flow communications director
471 ilovewonderbra 2315 2850 1876 1 9/13/2010 10:16 Pretoria http://www.wonderbra.co.za/
The official Wonderbra South Africa Twitter account. You're an original. Own it.
472 Saturnan 2135 2831 32690 0 8/18/2009 9:01 Greenland http://bit.ly/4RS7V
I like to help other people and give of myself. I am positive and enjoy internet marketing.
473 andyhadfield 861 2830 8591 126 1/26/2008 21:26 Pretoria Digital Native. Loud Mouth. http://www.andyhadfield.com
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
474 itweb 630 2821 2940 0 3/12/2009 12:01 Pretoria The Technology News Site http://www.itweb.co.za
475 samanthaperry 947 2795 27203 1 3/17/2008 8:24 Pretoria http://www.brainstormmag.co.za
ICT journalist. Curious person. Editor of Brainstorm magazine and general secretary of the Professional Journalists' Association @projourn
476 marcforrest 772 2789 15233 657 7/26/2007 12:47 Pretoria http://MarcForrest.com
Dad to 3 gorgeous kids // Top Blogger in KZN // iPhone & iPad fundi and fanatic // Mobile Product Manager @ Private Property // QR Code fan
477 toksvdl 737 2747 953 3 9/17/2010 15:35 Greenland Love life http://www.ciplamedpro.co.za
478 ECR_Newswatch 109 2737 3956 0 9/10/2008 19:25 Pretoria KZN-based news from Durban's No.1 radio station http://blog.ecr.co.za/newswatch/
479 World_Cup_News 2826 2715 8500 0 10/6/2009 8:28 Santiago The latest WorldCup 2010 news directly to your Twitter account. http://www.goal.com
480 rootsofafrica 1232 2703 418 6 8/3/2008 0:29 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Passionate Evangelist for the causes of Africa. http://www.rootsofafrica.org
481 jpnaude 648 2693 3673 5 4/1/2009 5:07 Pretoria http://www.jpnaude.com
Presenter of Cape Rugby TV. Events MC. SA Blog Awards, Evox 4 Stormers. Loves golf, rugby & golf.
482 capetraffic 131 2688 2506 0 12/1/2009 18:17 Harare http://www.facebook.com/capetraffic
#capetraffic tweets from the crowd to help you get around in Cape Town...from 01/03/2011 facilitated by @CapeTown with help from @marcel_perform
483 pauljacobson 1154 2681 20105 219 1/30/2007 19:55 Pretoria http://pauljacobson.info
Dad, husband, lawyer and a frikkin' big social media and gadget nerd. Way big. And the legal stuff: http://bit.ly/ghwOSU
484 onhismind 2857 2680 225 0 3/20/2009 16:15 Pretoria http://on-his-mind.blogspot.com/
On-his-mind is a blog with information on how computers work,guides on how to do things,Gadgets,technology and the best sites on the internet.
485 synout 2770 2652 79 0 1/27/2009 13:21 Paris http://www.synout.co.za
We partner with our clients to help establish strategy, increase performance and experience culture shift with the right attitude.
486 royblumenthal 2450 2649 26364 811 9/27/2007 15:20 Pretoria http://royblumenthal.com/portfolio
I'm a visual facilitator, making pictures of meetings. I paint the things you say. Work internationally. Ph +27 74 104 6386.
487 MrMoneyOnline 2954 2626 383 0 10/5/2009 5:51 Pretoria Internet marketer and online business coach http://www.georgefivaz.com
488 StdBankCricket 808 2590 10981 0 3/14/2008 10:11 Pretoria Welcome to the official Standard Bank Cricket channel on Twitter http://www.standardbankcricket.com
489 LongLostViking 2879 2559 2456 0 12/8/2008 20:29 Greenland http://www.longlostviking.blogspot.com/
Specialist software developer, nerd of dimensions, and of course Long Lost VIKING living in Africa
490 karolinasky 747 2546 6285 3 5/3/2009 19:31 Harare http://www.runwayprojects.com
Business Woman/Model/Actress/Marketing,Events&Promotions agency owner. Im a SHOE obsessed animal lover & I have a passion for the health & fitness industry!
491 ghdsouthafrica 444 2539 422 0 1/16/2009 13:40 Greenland http://www.ghdstylediary.co.za/
The home of ghd in South Africa. Tweeted with love by Jenn (and the occasional ghd guest).
492 charlysbakery 947 2498 3320 1 5/16/2009 20:56 Pretoria Mucking Afazing Cakes http://www.charlysbakery.co.za
493 afairweather 533 2497 4197 341 8/17/2007 9:02 Pretoria http://alistairfairweather.com
Digital Platforms Manager @ M&G Online, columnist, movie lover, wannabe absurdist
494 ashleymorazzo 97 2483 4310 32 1/17/2009 3:19 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
495 oboxthemes 1459 2480 2078 12 6/13/2009 23:23 Pretoria Stay up to date with the latest news and links from Obox Themes http://www.obox-design.com/
496 JennyMorrisChef 2054 2476 2474 20 4/22/2009 11:11 Pretoria South Africa's most loved Celebrity Chef ⊙ http://www.gigglinggourmet.com
497 GerardRaphael 1811 2475 17256 163 3/30/2009 9:53 Pretoria Digital Netizen with a voice for twitter - “Audere Est Facere”
( ▂⊙)/ http://www.posterous.com/GerardRaphael
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498 shawnjooste 112 2472 9953 66 12/24/2007 7:13 Pretoria The Mac Guy http://about.me/shawnjooste
499 AngieKhumalo 297 2437 6884 32 4/8/2009 14:41 Greenland 5fm News. Motobiking ENTHUSIAST. Adores words. Film Lover. http://ramblingsmyblog.wordpress.com
500 TylerReed 1754 2414 7609 60 3/12/2007 20:27 Harare Entrepreneur & Speaker on all things web and mobile. http://tylerreed.com
501 craigbjacobs 721 2408 6311 247 3/21/2009 11:57 Pretoria http://www.fundudzi.com
Fundudzi eco warrior, STY(LIST)A events consultant, trend forecaster, broadcaster & Land Rover brand ambassador. See www.facebook.com/craig.jacobs for more
502 vincenthofmann 2557 2398 11656 1 5/28/2008 20:42 Pretoria http://vincenthofmann.com
Strategy Director at Inquisition - Tweet about about Social Systems, Sociology, Metal Artists, what I'm reading, Qualitative Research & Good Design.
503 olsmithy 2623 2394 938 1 1/16/2009 1:35 Pretoria http://facebook.com/olsmithy
Just a real guy trapped between all the MLM bots, self proclaimed experts and GURU's here on twitter. To all of you get real!
504 Khetha 973 2383 29504 545 5/6/2009 12:31 Greenland http://www.yeahbo.net
Our experiences are different. But let's share & make this a magnanimous experience. Vices: Music | Film | TV | Writing | Photography | Blogging | Social Media
505 mlsigroup 2010 2370 519 4 1/18/2010 12:07 Pretoria http://www.igroup.co.za
iGroup caters to everything from e-commerce and e-mail marketing, management to database development,copywriting, design and mobile integration solutions.
506 Guy 426 2350 15260 204 4/26/2007 20:53 Jerusalem The Artist Formerly Known as Chief Geek. Now Co-founder at Props but stillhttp://www.getprops.com
a geek
507 veejay23 1200 2343 399 2 1/2/2009 11:04 Pretoria http://www.ehomebiz4you.net/
I have been in Internet Marketing business for the past 6 years. My other marketing business is herehttp://www.imbuzzaffiliates.com/?vip=10871
508 ryansandes 147 2343 1224 0 8/7/2010 18:16 Pretoria Trail Runner.. Outdoor lover.. Living my dreams.. http://www.ryansandes.com
509 shebeegee 642 2341 24696 30 3/16/2008 12:13 Cairo http://about.me/sheenagates
Social media mafia boss for aqua online. Also is a mess. Not in the 'beautiful mess' way, in the 'just stood in dog vomit' way.
510 Fr3dd13 2354 2335 23110 0 5/2/2009 7:38 Harare Mmmm. Stubborn, Lovable, Loyal, Truthfull, Trusting, Devoted, Easily Frustrated.http://www.SeatiWeb.com
511 blindcripple 1425 2323 32418 724 7/28/2007 7:48 Pretoria http://nealtosefsky.info
Digital brand guy, photographer, sometime blogger, occasional web dev and (cricket football mac gadget)fan
512 afrihost 212 2279 2619 1 7/10/2009 9:50 Harare http://www.afrihost.com
We want to delight and astound our clients with incredible ADSL and Web Hosting. Get your ADSL for only R9,50 per GB right now.
513 Brent007 1419 2264 23601 137 http://brentsjourney.co.za
9/22/2008 18:46 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Former drug addict (methamphetamine) free through the power of God. Now a Christian Drug Counselor, helping others beat their drug habit.
514 christofouche 2445 2259 6951 0 3/3/2010 9:35 Pretoria Online Business Tips http://www.christofouche.net
515 justinstanford 320 2246 5251 0 5/25/2008 15:34 Pretoria http://www.justinstanford.com
Entrepreneur, venture investor, petrolhead. Founder of 4Di Group, 4Di Capital, & others. I like business, VC, startups, food, music, wine, fast cars & tech.
516 Getmore_S 2473 2245 11464 0 8/11/2009 20:12 Pretoria Getmore ... Your Internet Superstore - sugar and spice and all things nice http://bit.ly/xTuvw
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
517 overtonesa 2048 2244 2683 4 4/6/2009 17:03 Pretoria SA Music and Entertainment, Videos, Online News, Industry Network, Artisthttp://overtone.co.za
Promotion, National Gig Guide,Direct Artist Bookings, Events, Online Ticketing
518 marioOlckers 2154 2233 15407 53 11/22/2007 11:56 Pretoria http://www.survivalinternational.org/
Earthling | Activist | Social Change | Psychology | Philosophy | Ethics | Ex-Theravada Bhikkhu | Genocide Awareness | Indigenous Peoples Justice |
519 supastrikas 2415 2217 2465 1 10/28/2009 10:52 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/SupaStrikasFC
Supa Strikas is the comic and animated story of the world’s greatest soccer team and the players’ adventures both on and off the pitch. Welcome!
520 foxyblogga 2480 2200 660 0 11/2/2009 16:48 Harare Fun, Fun Fun, Online marketing by profession, foxy by night! Eeek http://wpdiscover.com
521 gibs_sa 1026 2175 1020 4 9/11/2009 14:10 Pretoria The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) is a leading business school http://www.gibs.co.za
that was established in 2000.
522 jacobusvaneeden 2287 2167 1664 7 7/23/2010 13:38 Pretoria http://za.linkedin.com/in/jacobusvaneeden
Some say that I am an almost mythic figure in the criminal underworld. For cash I'm Social Media Manager at Origin Wines.
523 340ml 70 2166 1010 4 2/24/2009 7:23 London aka Ricky, bass player for 340ml amongst other things... http://www.340mlmusic.com
524 mediamastatrend 2512 2162 469 0 10/29/2009 11:28 Harare Blogging, web marketing, latest Youtube Trends.. a little shopping too http://wpdiscover.com
525 pwruser 2494 2156 12 0 1/7/2009 10:20 Pretoria http://blog.seo-edge.co.za/
526 lisabreedt 1554 2125 3713 81 1/4/2009 6:51 Pretoria http://socialmediaiq.co.za
Co-founder Social Media IQ | Consulting & Training | Graphic Designer. Teach/coach Social Media in South Africa. Animal & Nature lover!
527 geekrebel 1084 2117 6109 34 12/13/2007 15:34 Pretoria http://www.geekrebel.com
I'm a social entrepreneur bent on making the world a better place with the use of technology!
528 ImTheMentalist 297 2109 811 0 7/24/2010 21:04 Pretoria http://www.gilangork.com
I'm a Mentalist. I mess with people's heads with feats of the mind. See my TV appearances at www.youtube.com/GilanGorkTV | www.facebook.com/ImTheMentalist
529 clivesimpkins 962 2104 28895 0 6/28/2009 18:05 Pretoria Marketing and communications strategist, speaker, author, coach http://www.clivesimpkins.com
530 AntonRSA 1401 2100 2542 3 4/1/2009 6:16 Pretoria http://www.antonkoekemoer.com
Blogger, Developer, Social Media Strategist, Digital Marketing Consultant, Web Entrepreneur, Web 2.0 Enthusiast
531 SezLeigh 1512 2062 16138 2 4/1/2009 21:31 Pretoria http://www.sezleigh.com
Entrepreneur, Business Idea Generator, Business Consulting. Cold, calculating and devastatingly efficient.(Tequila Queen)
532 marlonparker 684 2059 16720 30 3/7/2008 15:19 Pretoria http://marlonparker.co.za
Social Entrepreneur (CEO- JamiiX), Web and mobile enthusiast, who use technology to empower communities, Educator
533 FoodWineGuru 288 2044 5426 3 5/2/2010 15:15 West Central Africa South African Wine and Food Writer and broadcaster http://www.michaelolivier.co.za
534 staffordmasie 401 2023 5790 0 10/1/2008 11:08 Pretoria http://smasie.blogspot.com
Tech Startup Entrepreneur, prof speaker, geek, private pilot, ultralite pilot, scuba diver, snow skier, & luvs disruptive anything...while finishing his book...
535 chrismoerdyk 140 2014 1469 0 6/18/2010 8:56 Pretoria http://www.bizcommunity.com
Marketing analyst, chairman of www.bizcommunity.com. Fellow of the Institute of Marketing Management
536 KaraboKgoleng 591 2012 9176 7 3/25/2009 11:32 Greenland http://www.karabokgoleng.com
radio talk show host; sometimes writer.the views are of this avatar and no organisation. ~books~art~lifestyle~fashion~culture vulture
537 marklives 1337 2003 3969 2 8/29/2008 13:53 Pretoria http://www.marklives.com
Design, advertising, marketing and media blog Marklives.com on Twitter. From Cape Town by industry journo Herman Manson
538 cmeintjes 94 1998 8273 37 10/24/2008 7:07 Pretoria http://www.christinemeintjes.co.za
Pour my love into: www.theprettyblog.com, www.kiki.co.za & www.christinemeintjes.co.za. On a lighter note: photographer.business fanatic.blogger.jean addict
539 TOMolefe 1160 1976 21083 340 9/5/2009 4:58 Pretoria http://boosfromthepews.wordpress.com
Freelance writer and editor, and aspiring social entrepreneur. Tweets politics, race, equality and other uncomfortable things, like literature.
540 jozigoddess 567 1959 21852 96 5/7/2009 22:43 Pretoria http://zama-in-jozi.blogspot.com/
Social media obsessed. Vanguard of the #badblacks. Truth teller. Dissident. Writer. Columnist. Bloody happy. Tweeting in my personal and awesome capacity.
541 TerblancheProp 1715 1952 1176 19 8/16/2008 20:08 Pretoria http://www.ttps.co.za
Lawyer, real estate investor and owner of Terblanche Total Property Solutions, a dynamic real estate group in South Africa
542 mandyrossouw 155 1950 661 3 9/10/2010 14:52 Pretoria International correspondent - Media24/City Press/Rapport http://www.mg.co.za/mandy
543 Unodewaal 698 1949 6639 9 4/4/2007 8:07 Pretoria http://www.unodewaal.com
Director: Social Networks at TRIGGER/ISOBAR. Linked by ISOBAR, the world's largest digital network. Also publisher of http://10and5.com & whitewater kayaker.
544 hennokruger 455 1948 56561 17 7/30/2008 18:42 Pretoria http://rwrant.co.za
Blogger, Desktop Activist, Twitter / Facebook Addict, Music Festival Addict, Avid lover of South African music, Founder and owner of Running Wolf's Rant
545 metaMeerkat 2121 1945 7805 405 8/2/2007 15:25 Pretoria http://www.metameerkat.com
Believe in Impact Investing & Indigenous Innovation. Co-lead @ Uthango Social Investments. Advocate for Virtual Worlds technologies in Africa. TweetPoet
546 leonvdl 1958 1874 5879 0 1/12/2009 14:31 Pretoria Ex Consultant IT Specialist now Online Entrepreneur sharing an opportunityhttp://www.leonvdlinde.com
to earn money immediately.
547 Go2Africa 608 1873 3701 0 2/19/2009 9:52 Pretoria Go2Africa is an independent, privately owned African Travel Company; this http://www.go2africa.com differently.
gives us the luxury of doing things a little
548 ivok 1832 1861 389 1 1/3/2009 9:37 Pretoria IVOK STUDIO - Home Of Photo&PHOTO & FILM EXPO http://www.ivok.co.za
549 forex_wealth 1901 1837 4311 0 9/28/2008 19:53 Pretoria http://www.myfxwealth.com
fulltime forex trader over 5 years.developed a revolutionary trading tool: Forex Dashboard identifies strengths and weaknesses on all currencies and commodities
550 etiennebeneke 1343 1836 23261 7 3/31/2009 11:23 Pretoria http://www.goodseo.co.za/about/
Passionate SEO, SUP, surfer, diver, LOVE dogs, wine, cooking, birding, mountain hiking, animal rights, rugby, football, braais and Islay Single Malt Whisky.
551 bandwidthblog 2017 1835 519 3 4/29/2009 21:32 Pretoria http://www.bandwidthblog.com
Breaking internet news. Gadget reviews. Tech Office photos. Video interviews. Like us on Facebook: http://bwth.me/p35yuQ Sister blogs @carblogcoza @sport_blog
552 Retnev 1725 1820 2625 10 3/21/2009 18:13 Pretoria Expert on Nothing - I am still learning! http://original-retnev.blogspot.com/
553 GabiGoldberg 499 1814 17083 819 10/9/2008 12:59 Greenland I have a slight obsession with chocolate, happen to be a music addict, a webhttp://itssimplyheaven.com
junkie and a royal Twit.
554 27dinner 37 1807 149 0 2/23/2009 17:20 Pretoria http://www.27dinner.com
We aim to bring together informed, networked individuals with a common passion for technology, media and business in an informal but valuable real world space.
555 realjacobzuma 76 1798 918 0 2/2/2010 15:53 Herdboy turned sex symbol, leader of men and meeter of the queen.
556 ItsCEOtime 4 1797 172 0 8/12/2010 16:46
557 bafana_bafana 1021 1793 1685 0 7/11/2009 9:51 Pretoria All the news and views on Bafana Bafana
558 tee_gal 168 1788 12679 222 5/27/2009 20:29 Pretoria My name is fun and games and I'm cute and I love u♥ ..maziwe ke!!
559 vernonchalmers 2001 1765 3625 2 2/9/2009 20:56 Pretoria http://www.vernonchalmers.com
Internet Marketing / SEO / Social Media Training Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
560 MarcPerel 220 1745 14598 4 7/22/2008 8:06 Pretoria http://marcperel.me
WordPress, Coldfusion, php, jQuery Developer and co-owner of Obox Themes. Keen runner and cyclist.
561 EveD 441 1744 10802 631 5/11/2007 9:58 Pretoria Web strategist, Internet addict http://www.evedmochowska.com
562 mattduplessis 560 1720 14615 3 1/31/2009 13:48 Pretoria Editor of the night http://mg.co.za
563 Picknpayonline 1932 1703 48185 0 8/5/2009 12:26 Greenland on line shopping http://www.picknpay.co.za/
564 vincent_maher 662 1703 2086 8 4/10/2008 13:12 Pretoria Founder of Motribe, the mobile social networking platform http://www.motribe.com
565 paul_vestact 637 1691 4075 1 3/3/2009 13:38 Pretoria http://www.vestact.com
CEO of Vestact (Asset Mngr. in Joburg, NYC). Host of Mad Markets (Tues, 20h30, CNBCAfrica). South African, Dad, runner, orchid-grower. Interested in everything.
566 phillipgibb 1909 1683 25434 14 4/16/2008 14:52 Pretoria http://phillipgibb.com/
Fan of my God, my Wife, my Son and now my Daughter. All about family. aka @synapticlight because my passion is Film Making
567 AMG133 188 1669 72973 110 3/9/2009 11:47 Pretoria Project Designer, CAD Master, Electronics freek, FHM Model whisperer, PS3 http://amg133.blogspot.com blood is RED.
owner, Die Hard Liverpool Supporter: My
568 iecsouthafrica 7 1668 545 1 2/4/2011 12:44 Pretoria We manage free and fair elections at all levels of government in South Africa. http://www.elections.org.za
569 Newsafrika 2027 1667 23570 1 6/20/2009 12:42 London We bring Africa News, World, Sports, Entertainment and Business news to your PC http://madeinafrika.info
570 mba_network 2001 1664 525 41 8/17/2010 13:36 Pretoria http://www.mbanetwork.co
Network of business professionals, Prospective Students, MBA students and MBA graduates. Growing Entrepreneurship and connecting business
571 FlySAcoza 1474 1654 3125 4 12/29/2008 7:43 Harare http://www.flysa.co.za
Cheap Flight / Airfare Search Engine. Car rentals too! ***Auto DM with link(s) = UNFOLLOW***
572 moniquetheron 1190 1618 22462 75 11/6/2008 8:28 Pretoria http://shesthegeek.co.za
2010 SA Blog Awards Winner| Researching Women in Tech | Mom |Blogger|Gadget's| Love Exploring with Web/Mobile technology|
573 brentgraham 1898 1613 3430 2 3/17/2009 20:33 Pretoria Sports fan, betting blogger and punter – not necessarily in that order! http://goodforthegame.co.za
574 gamingsa 1998 1611 2516 0 4/10/2011 17:24 Pretoria All the latest Gaming News,release dates and other information from the best South African Gaming sites and writers all from one place.
575 thescott 585 1595 4817 24 3/4/2007 15:00 Pretoria http://bit.ly/thescott
Head of Planning at Quirk //Internet geek, music geek, fishing geek, photo geek, vespa geek, design geek.
576 princesioni 1226 1587 87 0 4/14/2009 16:34 West Central Africa http://princesioni.com
An Internet Entrepreneur, Blogger, Business Leader, Career and Life Coach, Investor, Affiliate and Network Marketer. Visit my site for more.
577 martinslabbert 2001 1582 4730 3 11/27/2008 7:38 Pretoria Freelance media and communications practitioner, since 1995. http://www.facebook.com/martinslabbert
578 Amabacha 1126 1574 3630 13 1/9/2008 13:32 Pretoria Mastering the lean mean meme machine - Mobile http://www.news24.com
579 charliebryant 1747 1563 520 4 5/27/2008 12:11 Pretoria http://www.ecopreneur.co.za
Writer, photographer and ecopreneur. Interested in sustainability, creativity, photography, wordpress and SEO.
580 donpackett 114 1548 6957 793 5/20/2008 11:31 Pretoria http://donpackett.com
|| MC || Comedian || Perspective Merchant || Comes with tattoos and a dodgy haircut. Batteries not included.
581 RichardWooding 1983 1546 18409 141 10/19/2006 13:36 Pretoria I develop software. http://www.richardwooding.com
582 wizzymi 1965 1539 209 22 3/20/2009 19:32 Greenland http://www.wealthropeclub.com
Graphics Designs, Online Typist, Networking Marketing, Php Scripts Installation and website administration
583 BwanaChris 1998 1510 24307 831 4/8/2009 11:32 Harare http://bwanachris.wordpress.com/?pages-list
I'm just a boy standing in front of millions of Twitter girls asking a girl to love me. I'm single, hot (30 degrees here) and horses wish they were hung like me
584 andrevr 800 1487 30039 17 3/7/2008 9:37 Pretoria http://about.me/andrevr
Photographer, geek, engineer. Less engineer than before. I'm just making this up as I go along...
585 andredebeer 1417 1485 737 357 8/14/2008 18:48 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ince-New-Media/191292620892979
Working on some New Media things for corporates in a Basement...online ordering systems, brand management systems, websites, ezines, social media...
586 saschoolsports 165 1480 1607 0 6/26/2009 17:36 Pretoria South Africa's biggest school sport site by far! Bringing you up-to-date newshttp://www.saschoolsports.co.za
from SA's school sports fields.
587 idale 329 1472 9233 9 4/11/2008 5:34 Pretoria http://www.mojodojo.co.za
588 SafariGuide 831 1462 523 1 3/12/2009 18:41 Stockholm http://safariguideafrica.com/
Filled with passion for travel and life in South Africa - Enjoy African affairs and insipring others about Africa and to come visit us.
589 kingsleyholgate 88 1455 166 0 6/1/2009 12:08 Greenland Explorer http://www.kingsleyholgate.co.za
590 alreadyinspired 1588 1446 236 0 4/30/2009 8:06 Harare I profile bloggers from across the world. http://www.alreadyinspired.com
591 peterdtoit 376 1444 7032 142 10/27/2008 12:54 Pretoria http://socialmediaiq.co.za
Co-founder of Social Media IQ and passionate about keeping up with the evolving modern web and it's personal and business application.
592 simonback 651 1437 1740 1 3/12/2008 15:12 Pretoria http://www.backsberg.co.za
Pounding the pavements and marketing my family's wines. Check out @backsberg and facebook.com/backsberg for more on the farm. Based out of Sweden for 2011.
593 charlotte_niche 1884 1435 1278 1 1/8/2009 4:34 Pretoria http://www.nichetraining.co.za
Speaker, Trainer, Writer, Entrepreneur, Social Media Strategist, Explorer, Author of I'm Not Afraid of the 'F' Word and an expert in failure!
594 pinkhairgirl 1095 1434 20938 0 6/20/2009 12:16 Pretoria http://about.me/Sally-Jane
I am pink from hair to DOCs & green where it counts. My passion & creativity makes a difference as I journey thru life with The Geek and 3 Pinklets
595 AfricaMars 2000 1429 1795 5 http://africamars.com
5/10/2008 17:10 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Watch African TV content like TV shows, documentaries, music and more online. Think Hulu/Netflix for Africa! Giving African producers a voice!
596 dinkydot 1998 1419 257 1 10/6/2008 11:50 Greenland Hello I am a Publisher. I Married My Mother by Hilary Maraney. Japanese I-Novel. http://www.dinky-bloc.com
597 GCTC 256 1417 4433 3 12/16/2008 5:46 Pacific Time (US & Canada) GOLD COAST TRADING - live from the coast - BEFORE 1444 http://www.before1444.com
598 ndesanjo 1432 1412 1225 0 11/23/2006 13:36 Eastern Time (US & Canada) politics, technology, citizen media, e-governance, cyber-activism, local content http://globalvoicesonline.org/author/ndesanjo-macha/
599 warwickchapman 649 1410 7270 0 3/3/2008 17:01 Pretoria http://warwickchapman.com
DA Councillor in eThekwini, passionate Democrat and proud South African.Leadership, education and a dogged commitment to democracy will make SA great.
600 jontyfisher 282 1410 6312 87 8/30/2007 6:42 Pretoria http://www.bletchleypark.co.za
Managing Director of Bletchley Park, Dad of Murray, Husband of Caro, Collector of Malva Pudding, Lecturer in Racing Pigeon Helmet Design.
601 Christo_Online 1678 1398 368 0 3/5/2010 19:58 Pretoria http://www.christofouche.net
Helping you promote your Internet and MLM Business. Generating quality leads with free traffic.
602 cliveevertse 1114 1396 10650 76 3/8/2008 9:35 Pretoria 25 year old recovered drug addict\student\hero trying to make a differencehttp://www.facebook.com/cliveevertse
in the world!
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
603 osmosisfutzing 1183 1395 23187 1264 8/24/2007 21:39 Pretoria Disruptivator - osmosis is a viral creative think tank - we are word of mouth social media guerrillas - spiritual not a believer in abusive christianity
604 cerebra 1424 1394 460 3 1/6/2009 12:51 Pretoria http://www.cerebra.co.za
Full service communications agency, specialising in social, mobile and traditional media.
605 hermanschutte 75 1390 1248 0 2/16/2009 19:00 Harare I like pretty code. http://hermanschutte.com/
606 kalkbaybooks 1956 1379 31 1 8/18/2010 12:00 Pretoria The No 1 Book Shop in Cape Town for Book Launches and Book Reviews http://www.kalkbaybooks.co.za
607 shahil 1778 1353 17379 24 6/9/2007 14:02 Pretoria I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells like rich Imbuia.http://strangestthings.wordpress.com
I like wind farms, technology, gadgets, science, engineering, history and politics.
608 Rubyletters 517 1340 68789 26 2/4/2009 11:10 Pretoria http://rubyletters.com
Forensic investigator, optimist, writer, lover of arts, books, gadgets, numbers, shoes&bags.OCD&foot-in-mouth sufferer,accident prone. You'll learn to love me:)
609 gregnietsky 1897 1340 21212 30 1/25/2009 14:21 Harare maintains linux distro with focus on voip. https://plus.google.com/110581177398182709713
610 jhbcultureclub 1281 1337 1390 1 8/25/2009 5:11 Pretoria Tweeting about Joburg culture. http://www.cultureclub.co.za
611 mylifescape 674 1335 6973 315 11/25/2008 8:14 Pretoria http://definitivelife.blogspot.com
Digital Strategist at MediaCom. Eternal Optimist. Explorer. iPhotographer. Social Creature. Blogger. Art enthusiast. Scuba Diver. Believer in love.
612 wezzo 1429 1334 5662 819 3/7/2007 10:59 Harare South African Product Manager at 24.com http://www.blacknotes.co.za
613 angelo2711 1769 1330 30401 7 3/27/2009 10:00 Pretoria Content, media & PR agency owner in JHB; ex financial journalist. http://www.channelmpr.co.za
614 Marcel_Perform 838 1323 15985 66 4/16/2008 11:15 Pretoria http://www.marceloudejans.info
Corporate Magician, Promotions Presenter & Strategist, Entrepreneur, Author, Professional Speaker & Stand-Up Entertainer. Passion for captivating audiences!
615 evnm 821 1321 1536 1 10/17/2008 21:12 Pretoria Strategy Director for Stonewall Digital Marketing (part of NATIVE) & South African music journalist & radio DJ.
616 SaFootballFans 886 1310 565 0 3/14/2009 16:38 Alaska http://www.safootballfans.co.za/
SA Football Fans.co.za Official twitter stream. Follow us to get latest football news, results, fixtures and MORE!!
617 angelaquintal 622 1308 1076 0 6/22/2009 16:22 Pretoria http://www.themercury.co.za
Editor, The Mercury in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (Tweeting in my personal capacity)
618 fam2010wc 1997 1301 3858 1 9/17/2009 7:06 Pretoria South African Football Fan. Affiliate Marketer. Travel Packages South Africa.http://bit.ly/come2rsa
Tourism. Insurance.
619 darrynvdwalt 1210 1297 6015 5 12/7/2008 11:43 Pretoria http://www.darrynvanderwalt.co.za
Photographer (Surf / Music / Fashion), software/web developer and all around nice guy
620 craign 1078 1279 6760 6 5/15/2007 23:20 Pretoria http://craign.net/
An active .NET and Xbox evangelist from South Africa. Microsoft Xbox MVP 2008, 2009.
621 IreneNell 72 1265 2608 2 4/12/2009 16:37 Greenland http://www.fusia.co.za
I love Tigers & Snakes & Rugby & Cocktails & Outdoorsy things & I make websites for a living :)
622 shauntrennery 732 1258 11775 881 3/10/2007 4:34 Pretoria https://plus.google.com/102979968839025715011/about
Web Developer / Creator / Founder safindit.co.za, locl.co.za and Izimvo.com with interests in family, development, news, location, fitness and all things web.
623 SouthAfricaDude 1993 1251 264 24 10/24/2007 9:35 Pretoria http://blog.sa-nethost.com
I am a web developer / hoster / designer / entrepreneur / marketer / SEO Consultant etc etc etc in Cape Town, South Africa http://blog.sa-nethost.com
624 trishdonmall 1570 1247 631 115 2/9/2009 20:01 Pretoria http://conorsadmin.co.za
Virtual Assistant/Support Services business owner, medical/general/legal transcriptionist, wife and mother to three lively lovely young girls.
625 QUTIEFACE 463 1236 29119 67 6/1/2009 5:20 Hawaii http://www.facebook/sinenhlanhlaqutiefacemkhize
Degree-chaser: Academia excites me. My beauty is owed to knowledge,I there4 refuse to stop learning by making a success of d impeccable aesthetics of my mind.
626 Vodacom4u 508 1233 532 2 3/4/2011 13:09 Pretoria Vodacom's Official Youth Space...We bring the best to twitter & even better deals to u @Vodacom4u. WE ARE UNIQUE & INTEND ON STAYING THAT WAY! JUST 4U:P
627 monk9 1915 1231 31 0 3/17/2009 18:12 Greenland http://shados-quotes.co.cc
I am an eternal scholar of the amzing thing we call the Universe, looking on from my front row seat on a space station called Earth!
628 stevesmithza 172 1215 3559 3 4/6/2010 16:16 Pretoria http://stevesmithza.blogspot.com
Writer & editor. Wrote the Herschelle Gibbs book, To The Point. Busy writing Sarel v/d Merwe's autobio. Editor of the Red Bull mag, The Red Bulletin.
629 tomtom_sa 1392 1205 588 2 8/20/2009 12:21 Harare European Leader in Portable Car Navigation http://www.tomtom.com
630 altersage 1053 1197 2646 0 5/12/2007 10:12 Pretoria http://www.altersage.com
Online Marketing Strategists passionate about SEO, PPC & Social Media; pedantic about Conversion & Design Usability
631 johannschwella 333 1196 6977 388 9/4/2008 7:04 Pretoria Digital guy at 140 BBDO, Founder @10and5.Opinions stated here are purelyhttp://www.10and5.com
my own.
632 west_cape_news 962 1168 536 0 11/3/2008 17:56 Greenland Independent news agency, Cape Town, South Africa http://www.westcapenews.com
633 taluta 848 1168 10143 435 10/10/2008 19:02 Pretoria http://taluta.blogspot.com/
Artist, Writer, DreamerPhD in Procrastination. Tea drinking hippy wannabe ... family embarrassment & happy to be :D
634 dstgovza 1380 1151 127 0 5/27/2009 12:53 Pretoria The Department of Science and Technology http://www.dst.gov.za
635 bronyw 947 1147 21948 4 2/3/2009 6:49 Pretoria http://keepingupwiththewalkers.wordpress.com/
Dog lover. Twitter, BlackBerry, TV and News addict. Oh, and chip 'n dip addict :-) ... Runner. Training to run faster than 8mins/km. (I'm serious!)
636 cryskal 227 1136 12881 799 6/4/2008 5:05 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Crystal. 17. Once a YouTuber. Now just a normal teenager.
637 jamonwhite 16 1125 1599 25 6/11/2009 10:45 Pretoria ♫ Singer/Songwriter - Auditions for Band in Cape Town . ♫ http://www.myspace.com/jamonmyspace
638 MotshidisiM 227 1118 3763 14 3/12/2009 9:34 Pretoria Young, fun-loving, hard-working and ambitious!!
639 choome_g 350 1103 42737 58 3/31/2009 17:01 Greenland http://vintage-lotus.tumblr.com
Born a writer, evolved into a moron... Working my way back to amazing. Singer of silent songs. Abstraction is me. A Jedi
640 fredfelton 1907 1100 5158 32 12/3/2008 18:00 Pretoria http://mrmotivatorfredfelton.blogspot.com/
Author, Motivational Speaker, Voice Over Artist, Actor, Acting Coach, Photographer, IT Consultant, Business Analyst, Life Coach, MC, Social Media Guru
641 glugster 1248 1099 1380 0 8/5/2008 8:41 Pretoria http://www.glugster.co.za
642 Ushakamarine 1321 1088 1150 1 7/7/2009 12:43 Pretoria http://www.ushakamarineworld.co.za
Africa's No.1 Marine Theme Park. Follow us and you could win a Platinum Pass, that's 365 days of FREE adventure!
643 laurakim123 1125 1088 23465 37 7/12/2008 4:13 Greenland http://about.me/laurakima
Mom to 3 amazing little people, fiancee to my knight, blogger over here harassedmom.co.za and Tranquil Body Treats shop owner (www.tranquilbodytreats.co.za)
644 benedictkelly 647 1087 3449 0 3/27/2007 19:41 Pretoria Editor. Journalist and dad http://www.benkelly.co.za
645 pigspotterkzn 3 1085 272 0 8/11/2010 10:58 http://j-j.co.za/pigspotkzn
See also @pigspotkzn. Automated retweet service for traffic and traffic related information in Kzn. View website for code of conduct.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
646 marianpike 1995 1079 5867 8 10/1/2008 22:15 Athens http://marianpike.wordpress.com/
Curious about everything. Why is my favourite word. I am an activist.I tweet in my personal capacity
647 sueannejoe 1551 1075 12892 0 5/23/2009 10:53 Pretoria Human Resources Geek; Gym bunny; Part-time PDM BA student; Perfect Type A personality; Blackberry Addict
648 Thabo99 1229 1075 19539 1032 7/1/2009 18:55 Harare Sensemaker, Program Manager, Knowledge Manager, Obsessive
649 sustokes 329 1070 2003 60 7/9/2008 14:33 Pretoria eMarketing & SocialCRM geek; Social media & SocialCRM Strategist/Brand Manager at MWEB. Whisky & Brandy Spirits Master. Live bands & music festival fanatic #RTD
650 BigDaddy_ZA 266 1067 43020 81 12/19/2009 9:10 Greenland http://thegwaifm.blogspot.com
One size fits all, a body for hire, a passionate lover to the loverless AND loverful!
651 Baby_Birdie 1170 1065 2697 3 4/20/2009 11:52 Pretoria http://baby-birdie.blogspot.com/
Sub editor & columnist (@MH_girlnextdoor) on Men's Health magazine. Passionate about Cape Town, food, books, travel & engaging with interesting people.
652 wkvoetbal2010 344 1057 796 1 4/9/2009 10:06 Pretoria Het beste en laatste nieuws over de kaartverkoop, kwalificatie en wedstrijden voor het WK voetbal 2010 direct uit Zuid-Afrika gebracht door KaapstadMagazine.nl
653 simmiareff 99 1056 6946 511 7/2/2009 8:31 Pretoria Comedian|Creative Content Creater|Imagineer|Producer|Pure Befokteguid| ZEF| Hater
654 onelargeprawn 653 1039 8470 0 1/6/2009 9:05 Pretoria Evil curator of the Onelargeprawn blog. http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za
655 dcuthbert 350 1030 6487 20 4/21/2008 12:51 Pretoria http://danielcuthbert.com
Documentary photographer, international man of security, lover, and pack rat of fine Italian cycles.
656 minem 1837 1029 3827 3 11/3/2008 13:59 Pretoria Xbox 360 Ambassador, Community Xpert & Community Leader http://wefollow.com/MiNeM
657 D7Live 1996 1021 3015 2 2/18/2009 11:25 Greenland All male a'capella group, these boys have redefined a'capella as we know it.http://www.d7live.com guys, they have performed with the best... "They
Good looks, great tunes, and great
658 ceciliavdm 686 1010 14210 5 6/18/2009 4:55 Pretoria http://ceciliavdm.wordpress.com
Engineer @SKA_Africa. Host @LTAfrikaans. General science & tech lover. Tweets a lot of rubbish. Proudly South African.
659 BaasDeBeer 1162 1006 14664 5 6/23/2009 8:25 Pretoria Music-loving opinionist. Slightly proud member of the human race. Loves tohttp://baasdebeer.wordpress.com
RT. Occasionally funny. #iAmAwesomeLikeThat
660 406 717 1006 3648 0 10/12/2008 8:15 Pretoria Cheers Lets drink to that! http://winetimes.co.za
661 RMulligan 896 985 589 2 3/9/2009 20:08 Pretoria http://www.ibizmarketing.co.za
Online Marketing Strategist, Entrepeneur. Live Large! Yesterday is history,tomorrow is a mystery,today is a gift that's why it's called PRESENT!
662 AlanAlston 937 982 2432 68 8/27/2008 8:20 Pretoria I'm the co-creator of Tank; a clean, simple and fun way to build a website. http://withtank.com/
663 xbox360za 627 981 952 0 9/14/2010 8:00 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/Xbox360SouthAfrica
Welcome to the official Xbox 360 South Africa account. Jump in! http://www.xbox.com/en-ZA
664 southcoastlive 1943 980 9858 7 9/12/2009 5:20 Pretoria http://www.southcoastlive.co.za
Pubs, Clubs, restaurant & activities. Promo's and specials all for the KZN SCoast! Invite ur friends to follow us too!
665 hughmccabe 186 977 319 1 8/29/2008 20:05 Athens http://www.hughmccabe.co.za
Internet Marketing Entrepreneur, Consultant, Trainer. Lifelong Learner, Adventure Sports, Fitness Conscious, World Traveller, Networker, Always Smiling!
666 squashed_tom 787 977 5678 0 6/24/2010 9:56 Pretoria http://www.thesquashedtomato.co.za
Providing quality social media management services to the South African food and wine industry
667 echaras 695 977 3633 4 1/4/2009 15:00 Pretoria http://t.co/OUlXHGt
Social entrepreneur from Mozambique. Works in Media, Real estate, BOP finance, Transport, telecoms... A dreamer & an anti poverty activist !!
668 MyPE 0 976 7768 4 6/17/2008 10:22 Pretoria http://MyPE.co.za/
Port Elizabeth, South Africa News. But wait, there is more. See http://MyPE.co.za/new/2011/06/twitter/ for reasons why I don't follow you.
669 LeonMare 1122 975 1079 8 6/17/2008 12:09 Pretoria http://su.pr/2c6Ebg
Love Classical Music.Commission Overload is the most controversial Internet Marketing training ever and I use it every day! ~ http://su.pr/2c6Ebg
670 BlueBuzz 321 966 279 3 3/5/2008 1:46 Brasilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism
Se o BlueBus é a Revista Caras da propaganda, nós somos o Notícias Populares: escândalo, fofoca e pornografia.
671 derickhewetson 1406 964 2105 12 11/25/2008 14:38 Pretoria http://www.derickhewetson.com
An IT professional, cyclist, photographer, Sagittarian, animal lover and vegetarian, I love meeting people with open minds.
672 nevinsp 548 964 10267 6 4/6/2009 19:47 Pretoria http://about.me/nevinpillay
Right handed life student who has an opinion about stupidity. Director at a DNA testing company. www.dnatest.co.za
673 jvbtrafficguy 1 961 565 0 2/9/2010 7:51 Pretoria http://www.trafficguy.co.za/
Johann von Bargen, 'The Traffic Guy' has been on the forefront of Durban Traffic reports. With his seminars on anti-hijacking techniques & defensive driving
674 camgreen 745 961 7226 10 2/26/2008 9:46 Pretoria ##Father ##Husband ##Livestrong Leader ##ZA Explorer ##Red Wine Lover http://www.facebook.com/CamGreenZA
675 iloveappleshop 1650 960 562 1 10/1/2010 10:14 Pretoria http://www.iloveapple.co.za
iloveapple.co.za | Slick & Exclusive Apple Accessories delivered throughout South Africa. iPhone & iPad cases so HOT, they're sure to get you laid!
676 deem01 1273 952 68 44 2/18/2009 8:34 Athens : Journeys unveiled and deconstructed. Photo: Dee Muller. Cape Town Waterfront http://mindbodywisdom.wordpress.com/
677 becausei 782 948 10719 1 3/17/2008 7:45 Pretoria ..causing Kak since 1974 http://becauseican.co.za
678 tuism 886 946 7759 19 1/12/2009 21:08 Pretoria http://www.tuism.com
Illustrator, designer, creatings t-shirts. Lead Creative at Omni Science. Digital Solutions. Polymath wannabe, hopefully funny.
679 SiyaKHULA 1037 939 1964 1 6/5/2009 17:42 Pretoria http://www.yorkaccounting.co.za
Pastel InCheck FREE-MyBusiness even OnLine!Siyakhula = growing financial ctrl!Aspire 2C High-Speed Rail Trpt Cape/Cairo/Rabat/Abuja. Catholic Justice&Peace
680 MyNkosi 273 938 1 2 9/23/2010 13:56 Greenland http://www.mynkosi.co.za
681 africareporter 803 938 499 1 3/9/2007 10:31 Nairobi Journalist in Africa http://blog.africareporter.net
682 WendyRobb 772 935 7125 159 3/15/2008 7:05 Pretoria Something in me evidently resists, or wants to resist, joining any good-behavior club that will have me as a member - Christopher Hitchens
683 Busi31 486 934 42775 109 5/22/2009 5:22 Greenland 95% of the world is paying attention to their imaginary haters, I'm still kickin' it with my imaginary friends,I'm old school like that.
684 alanknottcraig 46 934 1226 5 2/2/2011 13:30 Greenland http://www.worldofavatar.com
Founder - World of Avatar. My brother calls me the calf-less wonder. Keen on mobile, Africa, media, poltical change and coffee...
685 palesa08 570 922 2254 8 9/19/2008 10:41 Pretoria mobile tech enthusiast | love music | casual gamer | community manager @cerebra http://goo.gl/L4uqe
686 za5 542 911 18881 220 9/26/2008 10:33 Pretoria web, mobile, photography, ___________
687 kadudu 1065 911 711 0 2/23/2009 21:59 Greenland I have outgrown bullshit http://www.yummie.co.za
688 youngblood 713 910 1617 5 3/5/2008 11:10 Pretoria Media junkie, MBA student, Tech entrepreneur. http://za.linkedin.com/in/colindaniels
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
689 ChrisOnderstall 478 906 2372 0 8/26/2008 20:40 Pretoria http://www.chrisonderstall.com
South African PR peep in digital comms @FleishmanZA. My tweets are my own opinion and not that of my employer or clients
690 BiggestMullet 639 904 2141 230 6/5/2008 20:34 Pretoria Web designer, photography enthusiast. http://www.mulletized.com/
691 afromedia 922 902 2843 1 3/14/2008 5:41 Pretoria Family guy, loves the online world, loves the challenge oh and I love fishing http://www.afromedia.co.za
692 anib 534 901 32381 408 5/30/2007 10:27 Mid-Atlantic i stumble through life & teh internetz (anitab.stumbleupon.com). i'm a littlehttp://anilikes.wordpress.com/
funny, a lot opinionated, interested in everything & occasionally orsm.
693 krobertr 2002 889 438 1 1/30/2009 21:47 Pretoria http://www.cellary.co.za/karlrohrbeck
CELLARY - International Online Business - http://www.cellary.co.za/karlrohrbeck; LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/karl-rohrbeck/10/219/363
694 HOHOH 1129 888 2693 754 10/5/2008 18:59 Pretoria http://worldcupstadium.wordpress.com
Peace/Culture/Education-Trust through Friendship Peace through Trust– Dialogue Respect Tolerance Compassion – Listening/Learning/Abundance /Fun! http://oz1o3.tk
695 jarredcinman 293 877 1003 0 2/29/2008 15:50 Pretoria Chief Inventor at Native http://www.jarredcinman.com
696 Buhlebonga 361 870 49376 46 3/23/2009 14:09 Pretoria http://www.buhlebonga.tumblr.com
Journalist by day... Honours student by night! Blogger and serial power dresser! *this is my pvt space & these tweets are MY views and MY views alone*
697 skabenga 582 868 1101 39 8/17/2008 16:29 Mountain Time (US & Canada)am a husband, father, web producer, drupal evangelist, surfer, longskater,http://www.iaminawe.com stuff guy.
I animator and general creative computer
698 GGRage 610 853 693 9 6/9/2010 20:25 Greenland SA's biggest party... Matric Rage.. The end! http://www.ragefestival.co.za
699 KERWIN3 209 845 353 4 10/22/2009 16:52 Greenland Reject Your Reality, and Substitute My Own...
700 gotpetrolza 1403 837 18 0 7/14/2011 7:42 Pretoria http://www.gotpetrol.co.za
Tweet locations where there are Petrol Garages that have fuel using the hashtag #gotpetrol
701 mauricecarpede 262 831 166 1 4/25/2009 21:03 Pretoria http://www.jacarandafm.com
702 danbaileyza 592 821 2879 4 9/2/2008 14:51 Pretoria http://www.danbaileyuk.com
I am busy working at GetSmarter heading up new product development and working on some cool educational products!
703 AC_Peters 1970 818 22 3 8/10/2009 17:30 Pretoria http://www.bemotivatedtoday.com/41581
704 durbanjobs 1092 817 3246 0 4/27/2010 9:34 Pretoria
705 baldy_za 707 815 8299 537 3/28/2008 5:37 Pretoria Cyclist, Problem solver, Troubleshooter, Technologist and Software developer http://baldy.co.za
706 AfricaFiles 238 801 1916 20 9/27/2009 15:57 Eastern Time (US & Canada) AfricaFiles: Alternative News, Action, and Information - For Justice and Solidarityhttp://www.africafiles.org
707 mlearningafrica 392 793 62 1 5/21/2009 10:13 Pretoria News, projects and research about mobile learning in Africa http://mlearningafrica.net
708 greymacpherson 792 789 879 2 1/13/2009 10:13 Pretoria Bespoke digital content creation http://greymacpherson.net
709 RailwaysAfrica 151 789 1400 2 11/19/2008 12:59 Pretoria
710 KingBiyela 2000 783 13151 25 4/21/2009 13:42 Pretoria http://www.news24.com/
News24 journalist, Manchester United, Mamelodi Sundowns and Natal Sharks supporter, staunch follower of Caroline Wozniacki, the most beautiful woman EVER.
711 Nikkimoff 1209 783 9645 165 2/18/2009 1:22 Pretoria Apparently the only Aussie expat in Durban (via HK) husband & 2 TCK's - plshttp://nikkimoffitt.wordpress.com
bring Vegemite!
712 philly_girl 217 777 8535 0 3/28/2008 8:05 Pretoria Sift through my insanity and revel in my genius! http://www.gladtobeagirl.co.za/
713 CapeAudio 758 775 69 0 3/11/2009 10:03 Pretoria The Institute of sound technology http://www.capeaudiocollege.co.za
714 Busi_N 640 774 19422 60 8/31/2009 16:02 Greenland What u c is what u get! I have no clue what it means but I love how it sounds. Shoot me!
715 uberfiend 173 769 9100 4 3/25/2009 7:38 Pretoria Smart arsed ad guy, benevolent dictator, single malt fiend,proud member of HedonistsRus.
716 rhcerff 919 764 5823 8 4/15/2008 12:59 Pretoria An online marketer just trying to make his way in the world/cyberspace http://www.propdata.net/
717 cybersass 392 760 5516 7 6/24/2008 21:57 Pretoria http://www.sassdesigns.co.za
cyber sass. actress. creatrix, designer. ambiguous, ambivalent, almost, but not quite ambidextrous. activist. survivor. http://cybersass.com
718 ltdn 364 752 22354 84 10/18/2006 21:42 Pretoria an Alter Native. http://sinah.org
719 just_rugby 79 751 1609 0 1/17/2010 0:06 Pretoria http://www.justrugby.co.za
Just what it says on the can: JustRugby. South Africa's alternative rugby voice.
720 stevenmcd 351 750 10897 9 8/22/2007 5:57 Pretoria Father, Husband, Football lover, Geek, Metal Head http://www.stevenmcd.me
721 ianollis 366 746 5046 11 8/10/2009 13:53 Pretoria http://www.ianollis.com
South African, innovative leader and DA Member of Parliament. DA Vice Chairman of Gauteng and Shadow Labour minister. Daily Maverick Opinionista
722 feedmymedia 352 741 470 2 8/13/2007 8:00 Pretoria Wiki Guru | BuddyPress Social Engineer | WordPress Fanatic http://www.lsdev.biz
723 Theballito 615 738 2652 3 6/29/2009 21:38 Greenland sharing info about Ballito, the north coast and everything great about living http://www.theballito.co.za
on the east coast of Africa!
724 megtheron 342 737 10091 3 6/23/2009 21:07 West Central Africa Project Manager | Social Media | Dancing Teacher | Beautician | Lecturer |http://megantheron.wordpress.com
Entrepreneur #FIG.JAM
725 webcentric_sa 1437 735 629 0 4/1/2009 13:06 Pretoria Strategy, Design, Development, Social Media.. and whole lot more! http://www.webcentric.co.za
726 salewine_co_za 1197 734 1006 0 6/22/2010 13:27 Pretoria We tweet deals - follow & save +70%on great SA wine!Delivery free. Premierhttp://salewine.co.za
online wine retailer in S.A #2days deal 44% off 4*Agama Bdx
727 mattsuttner 347 712 3715 17 4/1/2009 1:59 Greenland Can't skate, can't dance, can't photoshop. No ugly stalkers please. http://www.mattsuttner.com
728 rc1140 1307 711 10193 53 10/22/2007 9:48 Harare Delta Squad , Bring it on http://republiccommandos.co.za
729 lize_e 1185 704 1156 1 3/29/2008 6:13 Pretoria http://www.linkedin.com/in/lizeesterhuizen
Head of e-media @stellenboschuni, passion for the great outdoors and wildlife photography, unfortunate sweet tooth
730 joyanne 542 702 14059 3 11/17/2008 12:18 Pretoria h
woman, mother, friend, lover, copywriter, blogger, photographer, mermaid. ttp://joyannefaith.wordpress.com
731 welove 1335 701 325 1 11/18/2010 8:54 Pretoria Be inspired to go somewhere you've never been before. http://welove.net
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
732 EngNewsZA 44 699 3775 0 11/4/2009 8:07 Greenland http://www.engineerignews.co.za
Engineering News provides up to the minute news on real economy developments in South Africa.
733 Jorieanne 411 692 11250 22 10/20/2007 19:39 Central Time (US & Canada) God first. Praise him.“The mission is to bring Christ to the culture,” -Kirk Franklin http://www.facebook.com/jorieanne.morris
734 Zamajobe 2 688 20 0 6/26/2009 11:13 Greenland Afro-funk Singer, Songwriter & Performing artist... http://www.zamajobe.co.za
735 DesrieG 232 682 4385 15 4/14/2009 19:27 Pretoria Marketing | Photography | Pseudo-Geekdom http://about.me/desriegovender
736 jobsfromantalsa 1817 680 4 0 7/20/2011 8:14 Pretoria JOBS JOBS JOBS. This is a direct feed of all jobs we have on our website. http://johannesburg.antal.com
737 Naboufall 903 673 1517 2 4/21/2008 15:52 West Central Africa A blog & more about African relationship issue, Sexy secrets, culture & more.. http://www.naboulove.com
738 chrishartZA 256 670 1429 43 5/29/2009 5:33 Strategist at Investment Solutions & renowned Gold bull. http://www.chrishart.co.za
739 beachbabe1 958 670 1227 870 2/14/2009 22:48 Pretoria Visual Artist | Design Student | MediaJunkie | Typophile | Social Butterfly | Future Trendsetter | Tea Sipper | Chocoholic | Addicted to shoes and poetry
740 nnaniquism 557 666 1780 564 6/18/2010 5:08 http://www.mmutsi.co.za
Womapreneur: Marketing Strategist/Glokal Consumer Insights' Lover/Deliverer of ROI Branding Solutions...daughter!http://bit.ly/whoisnnaniquism
741 lilphly 257 666 20271 28 3/8/2010 8:43 The one to have around so that you are never bored but always entertained...lol http://www.lilphly.tumblr.com
742 timlunn 563 663 1011 32 2/10/2009 21:34 Pretoria http://www.poken.co.za
IT | S/W | Startup | BizDev | Sales | Marketing | Channel | Internet | (Social)Networks | Poken | 7 countries (so far) | 4th Passport | 3 Children (so far) |...
743 michellecound 418 662 4476 3 6/14/2008 19:33 Pretoria http://www.procycling.co.za
♥ it consultant ♥ cycling photographer ♥ social media junkie ♥ http://michellecound.tumblr.com ♥
744 stateofsa 1984 638 1580 0 5/14/2011 12:34 Pretoria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO-XKyUUoOo
Tracking the state of South Africa is a full time job...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDfYJdRZfM
745 lizellevrhyn 740 629 1457 1 6/9/2009 14:28 Edinburgh http://www.lvr-uk.com
A Capetonian with a Scottish disposition - love life - love people - love coffee - hate loud crunchy eating noises in bed!
746 nigelbrown1 983 620 216 0 9/26/2008 10:50 Pretoria Event Organiser, assisting bringing new technology to market http://www.iir.co.za
747 safe_place 1891 619 122 0 5/28/2010 4:35 Pretoria http://safeplace.co.za/
The safety of all children - that’s our top priority for the Soccer World Cup. If lost, all your child needs to find is a Mr Price store. We’ll keep you safe!
748 photocomment 333 619 2408 3 2/25/2009 12:22 Pretoria http://www.photocomment.net
A South African based photographic magazine available in print locally at leading photographic stores, or online for international readers. Its free too.
749 PaulBedford 854 613 868 0 2/5/2009 10:13 Pretoria Sports Photographer, Writer, Web Developer based in Pretoria, South Africa http://www.actionimages.co.za
750 janvza 204 611 1318 2 5/29/2008 13:11 Pretoria Tech journo at MyBroadband. Gamer, reader, rocker and total computer geek. http://about.me/janvermeulen
751 themercurysa 1109 608 11452 0 1/5/2010 9:48 Pretoria The Mercury is KwaZulu-Natal’s leading morning newspaper. http://www.themercury.co.za
752 Aneshree28 389 600 7060 11 9/15/2009 10:07 Greenland http://aneshreenaidoo.wordpress.com
South African woman of words, thoughts and feelings and Content manager at @Nativespeak.
753 cocktailfrusion 1502 599 1396 1 11/22/2008 13:49 Pretoria the mother of all fashion parties ! http://www.cocktailfrusion.com
754 shanslk 590 594 5590 4 1/5/2010 10:23 Pretoria jozi girl_beach bum_audi baby_curious! up for laughs_a little bit witty_very http://thebouquet.co.za
much cheeky_Just a Friend
755 matthewsavides 416 585 10465 1 2/27/2010 13:24 Sunday Tribune journalist. DUT lecturer. Sports fanatic. Warped mind. http://www.matthewsavides.wordpress.com
756 degrumpysmurf 356 584 1237 31 7/27/2007 12:51 Pretoria http://www.vottle.com
Co-Founder at Vottle.com (Online Classifieds) and ISLabs.co.za, Voice Engineering Manager at Internet Solutions, Technologist, Father of two, Chilli Addict.
757 hubreality 635 583 329 11 2/14/2008 16:43 West Central Africa http://www.andrewisiomah.org
Welcome to Hubreality Twitter Channel. Glad to share effective strategies on the cutting edge of Technology, Internet Marketing, Life Issues, and Business News.
758 jexx 261 581 3042 0 2/17/2008 0:30 Pretoria http://www.modelbase.co.za/16795
Writer, creative mind, female jack of all trades, major gadget and technology junkie, rocker chick at heart. I aspire to one day be an oracle.
759 africancourtesy 1106 580 28 0 3/19/2011 13:59 Harare http://www.africancourtesytours.co.za
Specialised African & Indian Oceans Tour Operator, Corporate travel logistics organizers & Destination Management - http://www.facebook.com/AfricanCourtesyTours
760 lonehydrangea 1078 579 1070 0 4/1/2009 13:57 Casablanca Science, photos, outdoors, conservation. I'm there. http://www.vanessastephen.com
761 bradykelly 299 571 16698 86 5/21/2009 18:04 Pretoria http://rocketsurgery.co.za/
Rocket surgeon,C# developer, and general dude, with side interests in music, movies, books, food, and life in general.
762 BoemRoker 990 570 2058 1162 7/1/2009 13:10 Pretoria http://favstar.fm/users/BoemRoker
A true South African seen through foreign eyes. Fighting lions, living in bush, mercenary for hire and working on my mating call with trustworthy vuvuzela.
763 rmaclean 154 567 7531 6 8/25/2007 16:06 Pretoria http://www.sadev.co.za
Take 1 part geek, pinch of Scottish accent,mix 2 cups of South African pride,chop & add many intrests & finally cook til cyclist tan appears.Serve with whiskey
764 barryirwin 720 561 4672 309 7/15/2009 10:29 Pretoria Academic,Infosec Person,BSDphile & herder of graduate cats^W students
765 nicki_dadic 518 559 7958 11 8/24/2010 7:05 Harare Tattooed wife to @DavidDadic, mum to Luca Jack & #themole, marketing & http://www.waitingforluca.wordpress.com #Gleek, part-time blogger.
digital consultant & social media girl @Werksmans, full-time
766 andrewisiomah 521 549 425 5 11/20/2009 2:38 West Central Africa http://www.andrewisiomah.org
Writer, Internet Entrepreneur who writes about the realities of Blogging, Internet marketing, Advertising and Youth empowerment in Africa.
767 biztown_sa 1991 543 70 0 3/31/2011 8:23 Harare http://www.biztown.co.za/
Biztown is where businesses and people meet. Get in touch and build your business or search for that supplier.
768 kishyr 581 541 6303 848 8/7/2006 9:08 Pretoria http://kishyr.ramdi.al
iOS & Web SuperCoder (I ♥ Ruby, Rails, Objective-C, Cocoa, jQuery); Sharks and Liverpool FC supporter; Avid Mac OS X fan and proudly South African!
769 tara_lawson 410 541 6497 3 1/12/2009 11:21 Pretoria http://about.me/taralawson
I write erotic literature about midget cowboys,make glitter leggings for my hamster and take almost nothing seriously.
770 StartUpAfrica 264 538 511 0 5/4/2008 20:48 Pretoria http://www.startupafrica.com/
Turning the Key of African tech & entrepreneurship. Making a difference, one day at a time.
771 stefjkoekemoer 2000 531 328 8 4/17/2010 9:20 Pretoria http://www.findworkforyou.com
South Africa, Do Not dream small Dreams. Time to Dream BIG again. If you are 1 of the Serious sms FIND to 34008 . R2/ sms
772 Tay_Dlamini 136 527 29316 335 4/16/2010 10:04 Greenland http://berry-things.tumblr.com
Fashion| Wine| Hip-Hop| Sushi| Shoes| Nail polish| Lipstick| Southern Comfort| Thick bitches| Skinny bitches| ME
773 fakonig 1585 524 188 0 2/23/2008 19:24 Pretoria Baby Boomers Natural Cure Survival Guide For Optimum Health... http://www.libidoandhealth.com/blog
774 joneighgalaxy 1543 515 981 19 11/7/2010 7:17 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/joneighglobal.ljm
I Am Who I Am||YHWH Image||Chosen||Dream Weaver||No Limits Soldier||Observer||Giver||Lover||Free Spirit||Social Activist||Fine Artist||Centrist||Global Citizen
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
775 thealexparker 353 513 1939 3 4/7/2009 15:04 Harare Dad, author of 50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa, journalist at Business Day.
776 unusualdest 473 509 306 3 4/27/2009 13:58 Pretoria http://www.unusualdestinations.com
A dynamic tour operator with 12 countries to offer you. We have superb product knowledge, fabulous website and we love what we do!
777 robertoalfonso 463 506 100 0 3/12/2009 20:04 Quito http://www.my-linker.com/hop/twitterGDI
778 riaanbth 1033 503 8874 13 5/16/2009 11:22 Harare I am a free thinker, beer drinker, trance and downtempo/ lo-fi music fan. Dad of 4. Husband of none!
779 regardt 308 503 870 112 1/27/2009 15:29 Pretoria I do PR, Communications, and Social Media for HTC and I'm a lazy photographer. http://www.htcblog.co.za
780 imsmith 431 501 2198 126 7/15/2008 8:46 Harare Online Marketing Manager for The Unlimted, Winston the Pigeon and well thats it..
781 mamasiwe 278 500 16237 18 11/12/2009 11:11 I'm Siwe's mom who believes that : Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
782 MinorMatters 416 497 785 9 2/12/2009 14:40 Greenland http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/minor
Jackie May, features editor of The Times, needs to watch her step and eat more sweets.
783 pengelana 293 494 9157 38 2/6/2008 13:48 Jakarta http://langitmalam.tumblr.com/ http://langitmalam.tumblr.com/
784 Nickgrubb 325 492 1342 0 1/19/2009 11:14 Harare Trying, in a mature way, not to be old.
785 simontzu 452 486 857 20 10/11/2007 9:07 Pretoria http://www.videoagent.net
Entrepreneur, strategist, meditatior, lover, thinker. I'm interested in strategies of personal/collective evolution through mind/body/spirituality/relationship.
786 davegreenway 240 485 11040 0 4/18/2009 5:56 Harare http://thetechduel.wordpress.com/
Geek, Techie, Blogger, Sarcastic, Awesome.Currently answering all stupidity with the number 7.Fist Bump (o-.-)=OO=(-.-o)
787 nickyjamo 544 477 1720 0 5/14/2009 13:17 Pretoria Co-owner of Tribeca PR.Love: @spencerjamo; my̴̴̴̴̴̴͡.̮ baby girl; my fam & friends; holidays, coffee and summer. Champers, cupcakes and people who make me laugh
̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ http://www.tribecapr.co.za
788 Tebbbie 252 476 30216 388 5/6/2009 11:37 Pretoria I Am Who I Am, U Dnt Hv To Like/Follow *ME* Ơ Ơ
789 crowhurstspa 2001 475 383 0 2/15/2010 11:51 Harare We are a Health & Beauty Day spa. http://www.crowhurstspa.com
790 Dazzler_ 100 474 8416 12 3/10/2009 19:33 Pretoria http://www.Darrenstruwig.com
Voice-over Artist, Londoner at Heart, Goal of the moment is to become a resident of the UK.
791 bernarddeclerk 329 474 4744 138 4/8/2008 7:27 Pretoria Designer, casual blogger, professional thinker, and free-spirited beer drinker. http://www.berncreative.com
792 tarrynharbour 566 470 9580 15 10/17/2009 6:55 Pretoria http://tarrynharbour.wordpress.com
Reader, writer, thinker, dreamer, introvert. Love books, family, South Africa, clean energy, cats&cricket. Currently teaching English to kids in Korea.
793 eloiseboezak 1801 457 384 243 9/11/2009 15:51 Harare Head of Internal Branding at FNB. Mother to my amazing Mia. Married to a sports journalist so media is ingrained in our lives.
794 asteffens 1376 457 909 5 4/20/2009 15:11 Pretoria I am happily married to a stunning woman, with two beautiful kids, that love God. I like socializing with others and meeting interesting people.
795 tedxcapetown 340 456 286 0 1/20/2011 12:22 Pretoria http://www.tedxcapetown.org
TEDxCapeTown 2012 is in the early planning stages. Contact us if you want to be involved. It's all about playing and life.
796 randomthoughtso 770 456 27700 42 6/9/2007 12:39 Harare i started at the c-prompt.
797 shaaadz 279 455 8906 10 5/27/2009 16:28 Pretoria You are now in the world I'm ruling• I'm the Boss of the WORLD!
798 AccuWxDurban 570 454 1332 0 6/17/2008 12:13 Quito
799 dreamfoundry 494 453 4468 63 1/24/2008 17:56 Pretoria http://www.dreamfoundry.co.za
Stream of consciousness. You probably shouldn't take what you read here very seriously.
800 james_e_s 67 453 145 0 5/11/2011 12:45 Harare http://www.mygaming.co.za
James Etherington-Smith works for MyBroadband and MyGaming as sub-editor and journalist. He holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Johannesburg.
801 jjza 1031 451 2727 758 5/29/2008 18:53 Pretoria living, studying, working in Durban . . . great place to be http://j-j.co.za
802 ekjokenet 877 449 231 0 7/14/2011 10:09 Pretoria Ek vertel afrikaanse grappe dat jy jouself kan nat lag!!!
803 lazytraveller 889 447 1945 0 5/12/2009 16:52 Greenland I love to travel and see places and would like to guide people as a mate http://www.cheapgetawayafrica.com
804 photocrest 1755 436 487 0 9/22/2010 6:17 Pretoria http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoworldhillcrest/
The photographic experts in Kwazulu Natal. Shop 7/8 Christians Village, Hillcrest. Tel: 0317652493 photoworld.hillcrest@gmail.com follow us and we will follow u
805 mxc4 405 434 5960 0 10/12/2008 7:38 Pretoria http://www.jumpingbean.co.za/blogs/mark
Open source, Java, PHP developer, Linux solution and community builder works in Johannesburg but lives in Durban. Migrant labourer.
806 olgijean 843 431 799 2 2/20/2009 14:07 Pretoria Head of Social Media and PR @JMClassifieds.Comms poppie✎by day☼ andhttp://za.linkedin.com/pub/olga-jean-queen/b/a00/828
film fanatic by night☾. I also L♥ove gadgets,local music♬&SA Twits!AKA #SpanishDancingQueen♔
807 dbntraffic 588 430 15 0 1/17/2010 16:57 Pretoria http://www.dbntraffic.co.za
Traffic reports online for Durban. Please report traffic using #dbntraffichttp://www.dbntraffic.co.za
808 michelledasilva 523 427 806 147 9/27/2008 15:01 Pretoria http://michelledasilva.co.za
Freelance designer of print & web & link sharer by day. Creative Thinker, Inventer Artist, illustrator, Photographer, Adventurer and Apple fan by night.
809 cobusvw 208 425 4382 356 5/4/2008 12:23 Harare wannabee theologian, activist, blogger, pastor, teacher and what have you more... http://mycontemplations.wordpress.com
810 virtualafrica 228 414 221 3 1/16/2008 16:03 Harare http://slafrica.wordpress.com
Official Tweets from Virtual Africa in #SecondLife, by Uthango Social Investments in South Africa. Join us on FaceBook http://ow.ly/V1ae
811 flaubscher 405 411 560 149 7/13/2007 13:33 Pretoria Applying information technology to solve business problems. http://bit.ly/flaubscher_li
812 mads_mish 321 409 17218 121 5/20/2009 14:28 Pretoria Part-time Poetess, Full-time Queen of Random, Goddess of G'mornoonight http://www.poemhunter.com/scarlette-phoenix/
813 niceshape 1998 396 57 4 4/25/2010 18:51 Pretoria For you to get to a nice shape.
814 nealeforrest 535 396 3876 101 3/27/2007 12:22 Pretoria Systems developer and gadget freek
815 jobsinafrica 258 395 2446 0 3/24/2009 14:17 Cairo Get the latest Jobs In Africa tweeted direct to you from Check4Jobs.com thehttp://www.check4jobs.com/jobs-in-africa
job search engine.
816 quintinza 518 394 3534 4 3/29/2010 7:23 Pretoria Sysadmin, Father and owner of the sageek blog http://g33q.co.za. http://g33q.co.za
817 missmzam 346 393 13906 1 5/20/2009 8:24 Cairo I am because He is. God-fearing and lover of life. Marketing, events and travelling are my passion. LOVE is what i give endlessly!!!
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
818 calasite 191 392 9076 34 5/18/2009 20:33 Pretoria http://mbamg.wordpress.com
Witt, Intelligence & Passion! Specialist in Data & Converged Solutions for Vodacom, Whiskey & Wine connoisseur. #Aspergers Syndrome #Atheist #Gay
819 karenlancaster1 388 391 489 0 6/8/2010 13:53 Pretoria http://www.karenlancasterblog.co.za
Social Media Marketing made simple for small to medium businesses.SEO web articles written for your website or blog as regularly as you need.
820 lindseyyok 158 391 6808 210 10/2/2008 23:00 Eastern Time (US & Canada) peace, love and football
821 reneparker 406 390 4295 15 10/24/2008 9:52 Pretoria I love people and lately, quite like technology! http://www.madamgeek.wordpress.com
822 pheroza8084 333 386 11762 50 9/6/2010 16:34 Lover of the finer things in life! ♥
823 roballen101 344 385 1170 84 4/7/2009 8:36 Harare http://roballen101.posterous.com
Likes good ideas, good actions and good uses of technology for community empowerment
824 360Naija 1999 375 6454 1 11/19/2009 14:48 Amsterdam http://www.360naija.com
The Hotest Nigerian Forum! Covers Arts, Events, Entertainments, Information Communication Technology and many more..
825 ALSITRADER 9 374 5309 0 5/15/2009 5:29 Pretoria Electronic Engineer, futures trader and property investor http://alsi-trader.blogspot.com/
826 labourguide 15 372 138 1 11/26/2009 20:36 Pretoria The South African Labour Guide. Labour law news, documents, downloads, http://www.labourguide.co.za
courses, letters & legislation.
827 glamourstarssa 1927 367 175 0 5/27/2010 21:02 Pretoria The No.1 website for meeting your favourite Glamour Stars live! http://www.glamourstarslive.co.za
828 Garsen 642 365 39239 379 9/7/2007 9:42 Pretoria I am nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect! http://tinyurl.com/d7qzhp
829 Nixiekitty 344 362 18092 34 1/28/2009 8:29 Greenland http://nixiekitty.wordpress.com/
Quirky, fun loving, life loving, hobbit sized, loves animals, xBox junki. Christian trying to walk Christ style Married to the amazing @shaneaddinall
830 pddekock 12 361 19585 0 9/10/2010 7:03 Greenland http://pddekock.com
Programming in C#/C++/MQL4/PHP/SQL/etc...Doing development in financial, biometrics, email, payment, website, managing and programming in SQL and much more.
831 Lesley_Stones 26 361 410 1 6/1/2009 9:15 Pretoria Irrepressible traveller, eternal optimist, and a freelance travel & leisure journalist
832 RichEdge 589 360 1451 6 4/27/2009 8:29 Pretoria Sensual, intellectual, self-employed and randy. http://flavors.me/richedge
833 njabuloc 476 357 2774 0 7/1/2009 13:56 Pretoria yeah yeah yeah.... get to know me
834 sugarrushdeals 1986 352 122 0 5/18/2011 18:32 Harare http://www.sugar-rush.co.za
We are young, edgy and maintain a fresh outlook on what group buying should be; Exactly what YOU want
835 plumberdurban 972 349 3037 2 8/14/2010 15:58 Pretoria http://www.walkerplumbers.co.za
I love Durban I bodyboard and listen to Queens of the Stone age. Walker Plumbing & Electrical is my business. I'm a hamper with extras !
836 kelvinjonck 192 349 681 0 5/2/2007 12:59 Pretoria http://www.cellc.co.za
Cell C Online Marketing Manager, Digital Strategist, Proud father to a gorgeous piglet, Former amateur jogger.
837 crayg 254 346 2159 21 6/4/2008 14:56 Pretoria I eat paste.
838 Conceptualart 561 344 1501 1 5/28/2009 20:54 Greenland Fulltime artist/writer/thinker/ideas creator/project creator. http://www.southafricanartists.com/ShowArtist.asp?Code=SNYMA007
839 pevideoguy 138 334 1683 2 12/26/2006 21:34 Pretoria Father, Husband , Video Producer and Sometime Pilot http://www.imagio.co.za
840 jsookha 1585 329 14577 107 4/17/2009 12:17 Greenland http://jsookha.com
creating an online presence in an ever changing technological era | photographer | web designer | programmer | lecturer
841 Hairdolly 886 327 1508 2 5/12/2009 16:26 London Well what u c is what u get...I'm just tryin 2 b the best ME I can b....I vent about being single and men and how much my life sux....so be warned....
842 BrettGrant 400 313 120 1 1/19/2007 9:21 Pretoria Jack of all trades, Master of some..
843 bengreen_za 316 313 1011 9 5/5/2010 12:40 Husband, father and SOLID #LFC supporter http://www.oh.fokkof
844 robinpietersen 372 311 794 3 3/19/2008 10:19 Pretoria Designer, developer and illustrator working in Johannesburg South Africa. http://www.robinpietersen.com/
845 khotsos 172 310 14497 0 4/20/2009 10:49 Greenland Caramel ............
846 RuariPlint 88 310 1649 2 3/2/2009 22:11 Pretoria Its all about energy http://ruariplint.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
847 wcednews 285 302 277 0 5/5/2010 12:30 Pretoria Western Cape Education Department's Communication Directorate http://wced.wcape.gov.za
848 MBAC_SA 277 302 58 0 2/17/2009 13:54 Pretoria http://www.mbac.co.za
Music Business Academy is South Africa's first music business school offering courses and workshops across a spectrum of disciplines within the music industry
849 AnrietteC 305 302 15558 167 8/22/2009 20:25 Pretoria http://twitter.com/AnrietteC
Web designer that enjoys creating XHTML Strict websites with PHP, and mainly jQuery. Fiat X1/9 fanatic. Labrador adorer. Warning: Twihard beyond repair.
850 stustake 243 302 701 11 3/24/2009 8:41 Pretoria Commander in Chief of Stu's take on... http://www.stustake.com
851 reegz786 289 301 4109 128 5/7/2009 17:17 Pretoria Java developer with delusions of Flex.. Living the developers dream http://www.reegz.co.za
852 AyobVania 257 300 3361 23 3/16/2009 8:01 Pretoria http://ayobvania.yolasites.com
afRican, wRiter, Reader, Researcher, poet, puppet master, husband, human, heartfelt, faRther-to-be, gRacious, gRateful, godlike
853 Westville_BHS 180 299 148 0 2/14/2009 17:52 Pretoria Incepto Ne Desistam http://www.wbhs.co.za
854 mcdoni1 865 298 2362 5 1/13/2009 8:19 Pretoria Obsessed Runner. Love Nike, Oakley, Apple and any gadgets. Big Lance Armstrong fan. Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United are my teams (in that order)
855 DJSpindoctor 180 296 202 0 1/8/2010 15:38 Greenland Tech House, Funky House and Commercial House http://www.greenstarmanagement.co.za
856 paddycarmody 953 294 1211 4 4/14/2009 12:27 Greenland Husband, Dad of 2 beautiful boys. Fascinated about user experience: onlinehttp://consumped.wordpress.com
and off. Brands, systems and business models.
857 ed_jordan 126 289 165 7 10/21/2009 9:05 Greenland http://www.edjordan.co.za
Musician / Producer / T.V. Presenter / Husband and Dad / Singer-Songwriter / M.C. / Co-Creator of the Beautiful Creatures brand.
858 ThisLifeJhb 298 289 1318 1 2/26/2009 9:03 Greenland A podcast on life in Johannesburg, South Africa http://www.sabcnews.com
859 JDean78 340 289 11674 123 3/28/2008 8:22 Pretoria my ruse of being a functional adult seems to be working http://umstheword.blogspot.com
860 Ondzz 267 285 9542 61 4/16/2010 14:47 Greenland http://www.facebook.com/Ondelamo
sand in my toes.sunshine. laughter. nature. high heels. eyeliner. photos. friends. nailpolish. music. cupcakes.lindt.oreo mc flurry.milo.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
861 LeClos_Swim 10 284 15 0 12/27/2010 14:56 World Champion,Commonwealth Champion,Youth Olympic Champion...
862 RyanBrunyee 265 275 1320 0 12/26/2010 14:06 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/ryan.brunyee
A Manager @TuksFM1072.. Event organiser... Avid drinker.. Sleep occasionally.. Music lover.. I like chicken...
863 flickris 319 273 5213 0 9/21/2010 12:05 Pretoria Photography, wine, books, F1, NASCAR http://chrisbloom.blogspot.com/
864 arnefromsa 302 267 2535 25 11/13/2008 19:20 Pretoria http://blog.justpulse.com
865 Niemandt 47 266 114 0 10/30/2008 20:39 Pretoria
866 dark8lord 600 262 2296 138 9/25/2009 10:38 Athens http://facebook.com/teamsbuja
I'm unusual, not so typical way too smart to be waiting around... I might even be a rockstar, if you only knew the real me...
867 traaidmark 143 257 5041 9 5/17/2007 14:25 Pretoria Web Design, Social Media Fan, Artist & occasional Clever Guy http://about.me/traaidmark
868 morne2u 1590 255 1082 2 6/1/2009 14:40 Pretoria
869 vernonharvey 560 253 1791 30 8/22/2009 10:13 Pretoria Underwater Photographer with a Day Job to pay for the Fetishes-Raw Food Fan, Gadget Collector, Canon product punter...Cape Town wannabe ...
870 Shaunkrog 483 248 4933 4 2/27/2009 12:13 Pretoria Gooner - Spuds beware. Horrors. Black Metal though I love Depeche Mode (work that one out). Interested in Psychology and Philosophical by nature.
871 isacaza 134 246 438 5 8/5/2010 6:04 Harare Isaca South Africa chapter. http://www.isaca.org.za
872 ewanm 224 246 4069 18 3/15/2008 8:31 Pretoria http://about.me/ewan
873 mydomar 348 246 9433 14 8/30/2008 15:33 Harare
874 propertysoftwar 271 240 179 0 6/9/2009 10:37 Pretoria To help you to convert to a Property Management System that works! http://www.thepropertymanagementsoftware.com
875 chrismeistre 200 235 1224 0 11/20/2008 9:30 Pretoria There is no charge for awesomeness http://www.chrismeistre.co.za/
876 ratmo 370 235 1977 21 8/4/2007 7:33 Pretoria Geek and IT Dude
877 louisabouwer 157 234 4079 6 1/14/2009 11:30 Pretoria Mostly harmless... http://louisa123.wordpress.com
878 charmskil 203 234 19218 41 2/26/2011 15:52 I am a mother of two sons..home exec at the moment.:D
879 JudyDitchfield 158 234 462 3 3/22/2009 10:12 Pretoria Mom, Actress, Writer, business role player, fun loving South African who wants to go to Macchu Picchu, and walk the El Camino......it's all about living in joy
880 deanlp 509 232 1865 37 1/28/2010 10:44 Pretoria Yep, that's right. This is me. http://deanlepere.wordpress.com/me/
881 aukekini 592 232 3189 23 4/8/2010 18:56 Greenland http://www.facebook.com/auke2
I'm the party bear..I'm a twitterholic..I love 3 things in life..my iPod, music and my lady ..tweet me..ill tweet back..booya..
882 Geespotdj 53 230 497 0 2/25/2009 15:54 Pretoria PE's Premier HipHop Dj's wealth of hiphop music knowledge, natural DJ flairhttp://www.djgspot.co.za going & crowds entertained all over SA & beyond
& fluent mixing has kept the parties
883 schang31 42 230 823 28 3/10/2009 18:29 Hong Kong pretending to be myself again, imitating the person I've always been
884 princesspeachsa 148 229 374 1 1/12/2010 7:15 Harare http://www.nintendo.co.za
The official Nintendo page of South Africa. Catch the latest on Nintendo, right here! Game releases, updates, PR news, blogs, events, launches, pics and more!
885 teeibzy 185 228 12828 289 8/19/2009 12:32 Pretoria A regular guy from a regular neighborhood with not so regular Tweets!
886 frost_01 473 226 5477 17 11/25/2008 16:57 Pretoria Sports fan, wanna be photographer and lover of all things weird and wonderful. http://www.FrostFoto.co.za
887 flywombat 610 224 1486 10 6/20/2009 16:19 Pretoria Mad Computer Scientist and ICT megalomaniac. But only on alternate weekdays. Passionate motorcycle maniac. Wombat and aviation protagonist.
888 twiglets1 559 224 901 1 3/26/2009 8:30 Istanbul On a mission to rid the world of polar fleece
889 zakdoc89 1098 220 719 45 3/7/2009 18:47 Harare Geek (computer nerd), useless gamer... confused University Student......
890 Social_Angel 551 218 2595 61 1/25/2010 9:25 Greenland The lil things make me laugh.It's hard 2 please me.I'ma free-spirit & laughaholic.Im jus a gal&that's al i wana be.I'm 'SOCIAL ANGEL' and GOD is alles!!!
891 richmclennan 137 218 2095 0 4/9/2009 19:15 Greenland Interweb Champion | Extreme Sport Junkie | Family Guy | Proudly South African
892 kevintrethewey 283 215 729 26 11/6/2007 10:16 Pretoria http://www.drivensoftware.com
Reason > Faith,Starting > Competing,Creating > Consuming,Achieving != Beating others
893 zoopedup 360 213 49 0 12/14/2010 7:47 Greenland http://www.zoopedup.com
Zoopedup is an automotive social network that allows you to create an online garage for your car and connect with other drivers. Our sister network: @blueworld
894 techross 91 210 2854 19 7/1/2008 17:37 Pretoria A total Tech junky and Lifehacker... http://www.tsx.co.za
895 dotb 266 205 371 0 7/19/2008 9:22 Pretoria Mobile Applications, Gadgets & Toys, Photography, Web Applications, and Travel. http://bradleyclayton.com
896 kiteboarding 0 205 0 0 10/25/2008 9:52 Pretoria Kitesurf Kiteboard Africa
897 gamereserve 40 201 229 0 7/16/2009 14:21 Greenland http://www.gamereserve.com
898 Duggie7 302 195 1292 4 5/11/2009 17:37 Pretoria Aprendendo sobre os diferentes povos e culturas do continente africano. http://www.youtube.com/douggynable
899 brookiemacness 48 193 44 3 4/16/2009 12:16 Pretoria
900 TWITNUT7 361 192 75 0 5/13/2009 17:33 Harare http://coolcreations.synthasite.com
Extremely Creative, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Videographer, Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Choreographer, Dancer, Fashion Designer & CULTURE VULTURE...
901 keloh 211 190 3971 4 3/2/2009 12:14 Pretoria Student... http://www.facebook.com/nkelo.ngcobo
902 eastcoastjac 462 190 1667 39 2/20/2009 6:06 Pretoria The Official Jacquie Bate Twitter page. http://eastcoastjac.blogspot.com/
903 terrence2009 243 188 199 1 5/5/2009 9:54 Vilnius http://www.theubuntucompany.co.za
I live with my wife and 2 children in Durban, SA. I got a new job as marketing manager at the Plakkies factory. I'm glad, I can maintain my family now!!!!
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
904 rhynw 132 188 195 26 4/28/2009 6:36 Pretoria Average Twitter User: Twit for Fun, Follow to learn http://www.knowledgebankerp.com
905 htfp1149 1478 187 47 0 9/3/2010 7:57 Pretoria 21st Century High Tech Telecommunications, Products and exclusive luxury http://www.hightechfp.co.za
fashion electronic gadgets for you...
906 Andreotto 162 187 1 0 4/17/2008 18:55 Pretoria http://AoNrg.com
907 berdineleroux 188 184 3118 27 12/21/2008 15:06 Greenland Constantly seeking deeper Truth in unusual places!
908 Vuyisile_Sisulu 187 182 4542 97 11/1/2009 19:56 Pretoria http://gplus.to/VuyisileSisulu
Philosophy student with a major tech fetish. Lover of open source and Android. Interested in politics, cyber security and privacy among other things.
909 jeannemichel 541 181 839 0 4/17/2009 5:59 Pretoria I am what you see, no lies, all honest, and no apologies.
910 wcedlearn 133 180 243 0 3/11/2009 19:42 Pretoria http://wced.wcape.gov.za
Western Cape Education Department: runs parallel to our @WCEDnews steam; here - as the name suggests - we look broadly at issues surrounding learning.
911 thephotofirm 932 176 16 0 10/22/2009 10:53 Pretoria Professional photographers Everywhere in SAAnytime! http://www.thephotofirm.co.za
912 thewomble_za 66 175 642 0 3/17/2010 17:17 Pretoria Child of the 80's, and hardcore coder with 20+ years in the industry. http://www.cablemap.info
913 SD3000 115 174 421 3 11/18/2008 10:14 Greenland http://www.cowafrica.com
914 catwomanza 380 169 758 3 6/3/2009 10:01 Pretoria I teach media, journalism, comms and PR. Cyborg by day. Cat lover by night
915 ephobian 120 168 199 0 5/11/2009 9:13 Greenland For all your online Old Boys news ... http://www.ePhobian.com
916 lawsonnaicker 659 168 1978 30 5/13/2009 7:38 West Central Africa Trainee Radio Guy at UJFM 95.4 | Writer of Poetry(published) and hopefullyhttp://www.facebook.com/LawsonNaicker charity work- Helper
a book one day | the other thing I do is quite boring| Loves
917 jeanlouw 246 167 161 19 3/11/2009 20:14 Harare http://www.powershellneedfulthings.com/
Microsoft Exchange / Active Directory Engineer, Powershell Scriptor, Mountain Biker and Dad.
918 lynetteanthony 262 166 2176 3 2/20/2009 0:39 Pretoria http://mystechblog.com/
Gadget girl, who lives & breathes the mobile and digital space. Tweets about anything digital, music, Cape Town, Spas and trying to do the working mum thing :)
919 lesleydforrest 279 163 1419 14 4/23/2009 6:54 Pretoria
920 inetpro 138 163 2836 16 5/22/2008 14:23 Pretoria http://floss.pro/inetpro
Views expressed are mine alone and not that of my employers. Accuracy, completeness, currentness, suitability, or validity is not guaranteed.
921 fizzyim 332 161 73 0 3/20/2009 10:46 Pretoria http://www.fizzy.co.za
Business and entrepreneurship can be a pathway to love and freedom. Fizzy's means is viaInternet marketing strategy, training, and services.
922 traffickzn 4 157 35 0 11/23/2010 13:28 Harare Post your Traffic Alertz, Jamz, etc ...
923 moyoushakapier 158 157 373 3 7/29/2009 12:25 Pretoria http://www.moyo.com
Welcome to moyo – a unique destination for a sophisticated African experience. Inspired by the traditions and values of our ancestors, moyo is a celebration of,
924 fuseware 169 157 184 0 9/17/2009 8:06 Pretoria http://www.fuseware.net
Fuseware gives you a complete platform to research consumer insights about your brand in realtime.
925 MusaSkhosana 239 156 5535 8 8/28/2009 13:47 Greenland http://www.blaquemercy.tumblr.com
I'd have to reintroduce myself every week. But my interests will always be music & art.
926 grrreer 351 155 499 4 3/18/2009 13:07 Cairo h
design purveyor/photography enthusiast/painter/jazz lover/ethiopian queen ttp://unhub.com/greer
927 letstalkgeek 141 155 581 0 4/7/2010 12:19 Pretoria Making great podcasts for the geek in all of us http://www.letstalkgeek.net
928 serinab 135 155 11318 37 6/22/2009 13:53 Pretoria Proud mom to 2 gorgeous children, happily married to the worlds most amazing man, living in a beautiful city & I love the funny in life.
929 Sbu27 169 154 1119 6 3/12/2009 12:41 Greenland Something About My Self ....
930 umlingoprinters 1024 154 200 0 10/17/2010 20:50 Pretoria http://www.umlingoprinters.biz
South African printing company that offers quality, competitive pricing, & delivery on time. Our printing facilites take on small jobs & large contract work...
931 FNB 66 153 2 0 11/28/2007 23:59 Pacific Time (US & Canada) http://instedd.org/contactsnearby
932 dhlotter 172 153 543 5 8/12/2009 12:10 Pretoria fitness = crossfit / eat = paleo / play = surf / work = SQL http://www.facebook.com/dhlotter
933 MsKayMo 132 151 6937 3 11/26/2010 15:34 Kind. Smart. A thinker. Laughter is my vice.
934 melonimeyer 82 151 3766 0 4/28/2009 0:51 Pretoria Blessed http://www.facebook.com/melonimeyer
935 Tahlecia 271 151 8879 555 5/8/2009 12:12 Greenland when I think about it & take a step back I remember how amazing my life truly is & that maybe I like being imperfect
936 sabinetlaw 3 150 1231 0 6/19/2009 8:23 Pretoria South African government, parliamentary and legislative information by Sabinet http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za
937 Photofuzion 113 148 454 1 5/1/2009 14:56 Harare Professional Photographer and Co-Owner of Photofuzion Photography http://www.photofuzion.co.za
938 splatcommando 127 148 2929 0 5/8/2009 9:40 Harare Im just me... All is fair in love and war as long as you bring your flak jacket
939 mr_sahue 266 148 2021 0 4/27/2009 9:56 Pretoria Designer. Developer. Insomniac. Allergic to green rocks.
940 smilyborg 351 147 554 15 2/27/2008 10:27 Pretoria Why be normal? I like science, technology and building stuff. http://strangeminds.org/
941 MLLWAY005 93 146 152 1 4/5/2009 18:19 Greenland Executive MBA Student at GSB UCT. Own a software testing company and SA Career Focus magazine, enjoy gym, skiing, travel and reading
942 TashJayne 373 145 1801 1 12/27/2009 19:42 Pretoria It takes an awfully long time to not write a book, so I'm working on that... http://ladytash.tumblr.com/
943 yomibalogun 374 145 684 2 7/1/2008 12:38 Prague Open Source advocate. LAMP Programmer. Nokia enthusiast.
944 kpayoba 26 143 14 0 7/18/2011 15:27 Pretoria http://www.mtn.co.za
MD of MTN SA, dynamic, innovative, visionary and goes where angels fear to tread.
945 cazmug 54 141 677 0 7/13/2009 13:38 Santiago MTV VJ, basketball player and model. lovin it
946 warmonga 55 140 353 4 6/29/2009 15:06 Pretoria beauty is in the eye of the beholder like a contact lens.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
947 TwilightOCDer 289 139 2209 34 5/20/2009 9:41 Pretoria Twilight Fanfiction Reccs,Blog Reviews and Updates...Caution Drunk on Sugar tweeting might occur. Live,Eat,Breathe The Twilight Saga.
948 alvinreeves 341 139 394 0 9/1/2008 15:04 Pretoria Deputy Sports Editor, The Herald http://www.theherald.co.za
949 datamodel 527 138 2855 1155 3/30/2009 4:10 Greenland programmer, paramusician, omniphile, chlorophylle
950 zonkiboy 220 138 1449 257 7/4/2009 23:21 Pretoria http://tripping2beta.blogspot.com/
Truth creates the harmony that engenders resonance to beget the change to sustain the balance to be, and engage the dream to become.
951 lwandisimelane 165 135 1512 0 2/17/2009 22:35 Pretoria
952 fluxmotion 85 135 758 1 10/6/2010 9:57 Harare Functional Trainer using the key principles of modern science but old world http://www.fluxmotion.netkey goals) Kettlebell training features LOTS!
training philosophies (hard work with
953 makatini 378 135 4296 95 7/9/2009 13:22 Nairobi A professional model. http://makatini.wordpress.com
954 joyrosario 189 132 126 1 10/3/2008 8:56 Pretoria http://www.pinsa.org.za
Interests: social media & education, ICT, school librarianship, also Primary Immunodeficiency
955 Tlassic 178 129 5896 247 6/16/2009 13:56 Pretoria I believe in carrots. Fascinated by your handwriting. Live for Fashion show music. My ears are sexier than yours.
956 MatthewLyle 0 128 0 0 10/23/2008 9:21 Pretoria Paragliding, Electronics and Ham Radio.
957 bootstrapsecret 12 126 61 0 1/7/2011 10:51 Pretoria http://bootstrapsecrets.com
South African anecdotal tips and sharing from peeps at the coalface on doing start-up right. (a community project initiated at #Geekretreat by 4 guys)
958 zwe_sim 779 125 758 8 4/28/2009 11:10 Pretoria I am me... till i d.i.e...(Young,Gifted and Innovative All Day Long)
959 IamStan 307 125 648 0 5/23/2008 10:13 London South African living in London with waaay too much time and access to the interweb!!
960 cdake 289 125 1214 9 5/6/2009 13:09 Pretoria http://cdake.wordpress.com
Enterpreneur, Heading up ICT Consulting, specialising in Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Management Consulting. www.dake.co.za
961 pe_weather 0 123 2205 0 9/8/2008 4:25 Harare Port Elizabeth Weather http://www.tweather.co.za
962 randjes 248 122 596 5 5/4/2010 6:09 Pretoria Love animals, people, technology, bowls - not necessarily in that order http://www.adrian.co.za
963 TONYMCGREGOR 255 121 422 1 2/9/2008 18:42 Pretoria A coach committed to helping people go from insight to action for a bright future http://tonymcgregor.wordpress.com/
964 brightsoulrain 107 121 1536 0 1/28/2011 5:56 http://www.myspace.com/djbrightsoul
.I co own an events Co. Deep House Movement Entertainment.(Events,Promotions & Lifestyle)&+5Years of Banking,Sales & Admin Experience.Job Hunting on above ind.
965 game 169 119 192 0 6/30/2011 18:10 Did you feel that? These two gamers (@jennakozel @paulharrer) just blew your gaming minds. Catch us tweeting: social media, video games, marketing, digital
966 iankruger 138 118 241 2 7/1/2008 13:05 Pretoria Researcher, aspiring to the rare heights of Business Analytics http://www.blueriverstone.com
967 nadiapandit 168 117 5692 37 12/2/2009 11:39 Pretoria http://moosey-moose.tumblr.com
The Official Twitter of the Moosey-Moose. Student, feminist, activist, writer, translator, musician, blogger, social networker.
968 swayseeker 183 117 4246 2 9/27/2009 18:39 Greenland Compose music http://swayseekerfundraising.blogspot.com/
969 netrepreneurs 231 115 120 0 7/24/2009 6:10 Pretoria Durban based Web Design & Development company.|| Connecting People, http://www.netrep.co.za
Systems and Business ||
970 Armandvdmerwe 87 115 488 1 11/6/2008 11:13 Pretoria Helping to expand the location awareness in SA with location based social networks and tools
971 OrganHarvester 52 114 536 0 7/2/2009 2:11 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Drum Tech / Lighting Tech
972 CraigMischief 115 112 1257 0 7/21/2008 15:12 Pretoria http://www.craigmischief.com
Comedian/ Vocalist & MC. Go and check out my website, where there is a lot of Audio & Video.http://www.craigmischief.com
973 Miss_Nangu 133 110 1800 13 4/21/2009 11:48 Pretoria Taking it one day at a time. . . slowly growing my wings
974 jaco_vanderwalt 154 110 2911 5 7/23/2009 15:30 Pretoria I go by the name 4ss4ssN on the darker side of the web... http://www.facebook.com/jaco.van.der.walt
975 ibokfan 110 110 2748 8 5/27/2009 8:36 Harare Will Tweet for food and small change! Topics on Technology, sport and the South African outdoors are of most interest....
976 MetalMikeBower 108 108 92 0 7/22/2009 8:45 Pretoria Mike Bower Likes Metal and acting like an animal!He also does a show on Tuks FM Called the Metal Melusia. He is an MC,DJ and Musician!
977 Mbhelezz 100 106 1393 0 6/10/2009 8:44 Pretoria The Fundraiser i raise funds.... with Rothschild ambition http://www.facebook.com/mbhelezz
978 elzjevanrooyen 197 106 101 15 2/8/2009 8:37 Pretoria Home schooling mom to 2 pre-schoolers http://g33q.co.za/
979 flynnigen 585 106 122 3 5/7/2009 12:59 Greenland 23 year old awesome male from Port Elizabeth, living it up in Cape Town... single style ;) Anybody looking for a good time??? lol... jokes
980 jacqlene 208 106 2654 31 2/19/2009 4:57 Central Time (US & Canada) Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
981 jamestrevorlees 130 105 504 4 2/4/2009 14:37 West Central Africa
982 rbenjamin 257 105 781 54 10/27/2007 15:03 Central Time (US & Canada) Shit fire and save matches.
983 L3thabo 125 104 889 2 11/5/2010 7:53 Greenland Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.. So I'll let the avatar do thehttp://www.lethabondau.tumblr.com
talking
984 taxi_violence 61 103 38 0 12/2/2007 8:52 Helsinki I am a passive agressive, alive, dead at times. In love yet I'll deny it to the greve. A gamer by choice, an IT consultant by mistake hate me its ok
985 micxcim 246 99 1527 6 4/1/2009 15:39 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/mtjennes
San Fransico's latest import ex Cape Town, SA - keeping an eye on the Bay Area, nurturing hedonistic tendencies and loving life. Oh & running loves me!
986 dandavis02 31 97 340 1 6/24/2008 5:37 Pretoria http://www.turningpointza.com
I am the Senior Pastor of the most awesome church in the world. Turning Point located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
987 arobbertse 132 96 257 9 9/20/2008 8:32 Pretoria http://arobbertse.wordpress.com/
Virtual Assistant, Typist, Admin Professional, dog-lover, friend, sister, daughter, someone who likes colours and magical, mystic and mysteries.
988 elanh 194 96 742 1 3/6/2009 12:49 Pretoria Aviator on a FlightQuest, love rugby, playing guitar, cooking, and good, darkhttp://elanh.wordpress.com/
chocolate.
989 mattcremerband 92 93 776 0 11/20/2008 5:52 Pretoria web developer, mountain biker, rock climber, music lover, worshiper of Christ
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
990 godswill4me 115 93 467 163 11/24/2008 16:18 Central Time (US & Canada) Sacrifice and Obedience http://myspace.com/targetedducks
991 tamtamkzn 557 92 308 4 6/30/2009 13:08 Pretoria http://twitter.com/#!/TamTamKzn
Is a member of the DA, enjoys working without the less fortunate - be it animals or humans! :)
992 ShirlWhirliBird 259 92 566 211 5/22/2009 8:15 Pretoria Titled menagerie manager with lofty ambitions.
993 Designer69r 380 88 73 10 7/9/2009 9:12 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/Aresh.Goorahoo.69r
I'm a cool, fun, loving & caring guy who loves life! A charismatic enigma., i'm never out of Energy. i'm not the boring type!
994 chantelms 273 87 55 0 8/4/2010 9:02 Pretoria Inquisitive with a love of marketing, travelling, good food and wine.
995 viperGP 213 84 67 2 4/21/2009 12:33 Greenland I am a South African guy
996 Mandy2342 137 79 1821 10 5/26/2008 5:45 Harare Dazed and confused. Engaged to @Darkwing0775 and planning to move from the East Coast to the West Coast really soon.
997 stanleygabriel 64 77 111 0 2/5/2009 10:57 Greenland Self-proclaimed Wine Guru http://www.wineexclamations.co.za
998 aubrey_lab 107 75 467 3 12/9/2008 6:46 Pretoria Living to the fullest, to tell stories, no regrets, with a smile.. http://www.supersolutions.co.za
999 paulcassells 56 75 85 0 4/24/2009 9:44 Pretoria I'm hip & happening in a far out way
1000 IrasWorld 5 73 818 0 1/16/2009 16:15 Paris The Official Twitter Feed Of Iras (The African Rap Storyteller) http://IrasWorld.com
1001 dvdpeach 38 72 122 0 5/26/2009 17:09 Central Time (US & Canada) Been a missionary to Ghana, Africa for the past 3 years. I have a wife and two children. We are currently stateside. My daughter has been diagnosed with cancer.
1002 tszi 57 70 114 0 10/14/2008 19:43 Pretoria Web developer, Internet Marketer, and an Enterpreneur http://www.websitefactory.co.za
1003 skock 106 70 921 186 3/19/2007 9:01 Pretoria Tech gun for hire http://about.me/skock
1004 mandywilson_sa 179 70 2174 0 7/13/2009 11:49 Harare Frm durban SA,married,mom of 2, teach pre school-G3, love cooking & gardening,growing herbs,passionate abt cycling-on the bike as much as I can
1005 daletv 177 69 152 42 5/27/2009 5:39 Pretoria Editor, film maker, and overall abstract piece of art. Welcome. http://lethalvision.net/daletv
1006 ginzimas 90 69 246 0 5/11/2011 12:22 i was told to join twitter coz i irritated people to much on facebook with my updatez :) other than that im alwayz havn fun & dancin til the sun risez :)
1007 zazu_b 175 68 430 3 6/12/2009 7:35 Harare IT - Networking (Day Job) Speed Freak and Social Madness (By Night) http://www.facebook.com/zaheer786
1008 darrenjack 183 68 532 6 3/28/2009 6:04 Pretoria howzit howzit http://entertainmentanytime.blogspot.com/
1009 tereztaylor 73 65 112 1 10/20/2008 10:44 Pretoria PR Princess at The Unlimited. Work is Play!
1010 Chantelsazi 180 65 817 10 9/16/2009 14:29 Rome http://www.facebook.com
making the simple complicated is commonplace, making the complicated simple, awasomely simple, that creative
1011 DnSA 5 64 518 0 6/30/2009 8:30 Pretoria Die nuwe Suid Afrika .com http://www.dienuwesuidafrika.com
1012 minisplat 79 63 2727 1 2/4/2009 7:32 Greenland Caffeine-powered, design and food obsessed, intelligence optional.
1013 ey_africa 12 62 16 0 7/6/2011 17:24 West Central Africa http://www.ey.com/za
Doing Business in Africa? Ernst & Young Africa helps companies navigate the opportunities and challenges of doing business across the continent.
1014 GogeAfrica 83 62 158 1 3/14/2011 11:52 West Central Africa http://www.gogeafrica.tv/
Goge Africa, presented by Metche & Nneka Isaac Moses, is a culture and tourism media brand on TV, radio and print, and has been in existence since 1999.
1015 Douwvn 107 62 34 0 5/24/2009 10:34 Pretoria The Visual Swiss Army Knife: Graphic designer, Animator, Special FX, Video editor. Loves Film, music, art, our cat and my lovely wife.
1016 searlel 156 62 70 4 9/4/2008 7:47 Greenland Senior sub-editor Weekend Post (Avusa) newpaper in Port Elizabeth
1017 mayaopperman 126 61 53 0 6/9/2008 14:29 Pretoria Software Developer
1018 myboatshow 300 61 20 0 3/22/2011 9:29 Pretoria Africa's No1 Boat, Dive and Leisure Show | 12-14 August 2011, Coca Cola Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa | http://www.nationalboatshow.co.za
1019 mohammade 115 60 224 1 1/19/2008 9:18 Pretoria French IT engineer, web developer based in South Africa http://aeneid.fr
1020 solarafrica 1 60 10 0 12/13/2009 20:08 Central Time (US & Canada) I have moved tweets over to @Solar_Sister see you there! http://www.solarsister.org
1021 Kiki_Meneses 54 58 1520 0 5/13/2009 9:34 London http://www.headsmodels.co.za
Her Royal Sexiness who loves Craig, spending time with family, my friends, law, modelling, movies, shopping and a good book.
1022 raisamahomed 41 58 480 0 5/24/2008 19:34 Pretoria Software Consultant, Techie, Ambitious
1023 dbngirl 75 58 734 1 1/21/2009 13:04 Greenland i'm with the cool chick who is liking to be wearing da jean pant
1024 lalau 48 58 131 0 4/29/2008 13:49 Pretoria
1025 paint_tripsa 7 58 13 2 6/9/2008 13:11 Pretoria I was a teacher now I'm a Director for a Painting Holidays company http://www.paintingholidayskzn.com
1026 koobink 9 57 56 1 4/13/2009 10:07 Pretoria +++ Aspire to Inspire +++ http://www.koobink.com
1027 RynoCGI 97 56 1573 0 5/22/2009 13:39 Pretoria Loving Husband, Man U, Stormers and McLaren Fan. I'm quiet during working hours but very vocal when my sporting teams take to the pitch
1028 richardniemand 32 56 563 0 11/19/2008 13:10 Cairo http://www.rn.co.za/
1029 marcmaurel 79 55 113 1 4/23/2009 5:54 Harare husband, father, marketer, singer/songwriter, surfer, longboarder, windsurfer, sailor, braai-master, God fearer,
1030 excelsamuel 124 54 92 2 4/24/2009 10:45 London
1031 Camfed_org 0 54 1 0 4/24/2009 18:02 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
1032 hoopaman 29 53 426 2 9/27/2008 19:25 Pretoria Cartoonist and Illustrator http://www.flamingpencil.com
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
1033 Reverend_Wright 15 51 35 0 10/28/2008 14:47 Pretoria Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers playing Kustom Built Rockabilly http://www.mysterytraingamblers.com
1034 flickswitchSIM 142 51 204 0 1/13/2010 14:56 Pretoria At last. An easy way to manage your data SIM cards. http://www.flickswitch.co.za
1035 pushkinz7 61 50 456 39 2/11/2011 14:28 Black barbie http://www.facebook.com/pushkins.sash
1036 zamablose 260 50 587 3 2/24/2010 12:48 Im an always exict girl who loves life with all its ups and down. i enjoy music, comedy and intresting people and i always find something to smile about
1037 BridgetShan 139 50 444 0 6/17/2009 7:21 Pretoria I'm coloured. Expect some controversy... http://www.facebook.com/bridget.s.pienaar
1038 yootony 23 49 1827 2 8/26/2009 22:37 Quito i love selena gomez
1039 rentiabooysen 149 48 128 14 8/9/2009 9:10 Pretoria http://www.rentiabooysen.co.za/
1040 rooijan 44 47 198 0 6/13/2008 9:31 Pretoria http://www.rooijan.za.net
A South African happy husband, Electronic Eng, embedded programmer, Python dabbler, proud member of the North Durban Lions Club and all-round geeky type fellow.
1041 nduduzo 60 47 122 0 2/27/2009 13:29 Pretoria Am an entrepreneur (with many failed startups, but rising again to take another challenge this time online)
1042 cyberat 98 47 209 0 4/5/2008 18:40 Pretoria http://networkninja.co.za
Deon Botha - Business Unit Manager DCC HP PSG and 7A with some personal Interest like Cisco Networking, Apple MAC, MBAP studies and life in general.
1043 nikzaz 70 47 845 3 4/3/2009 5:00 Pretoria Free-spirited http://www.soulaffairs.co.za
1044 chellyb1 151 46 24 0 5/18/2009 14:45 Pretoria HR Manager for 4star hotel in PTA.Shark supporter all the way!! Tyring to live healthy...
1045 caron_g 76 46 66 0 12/4/2008 8:07 Pretoria http://lifeonalearningcurve.blogspot.com/
graduate student, dancer, reader of books, photographer, runner, type 1 diabetic, daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, Disciple. not necessarily in that order.
1046 Reshy119 121 45 216 6 7/8/2009 13:04 Pretoria
1047 Michaela_Newey 36 45 360 1 5/23/2008 14:57 Pretoria http://www.codecafe.co.za
Queen of the Universe. Also fabulous sound engineer and partner in software development company
1048 shirazee 77 45 469 3 2/13/2009 13:31 Pretoria Family man! Fanatic! Searching for inner peace and a piece of the Pie!
1049 TheBileTick 32 43 887 0 1/12/2009 20:14 Pretoria Jawesome
1050 wzwick 43 43 295 0 6/30/2009 10:15 Harare
1051 rbkza 106 43 35 0 6/13/2009 21:03 Pretoria
1052 patcullen 18 42 78 0 2/28/2008 7:34 Greenland javascript; mootools; ssjs; poofactory.com; http://mindmeat.blogspot.com
1053 jessinafrica 19 41 88 0 3/25/2010 13:07 Pretoria http://twitter.com/jessello
Oops! This is the wrong Twitter page for this user. The official page is here: http://twitter.com/jessello
1054 cinderlly 38 41 1219 14 8/27/2008 22:31 Quito
1055 fiefie 37 40 161 3 5/24/2007 9:36 International Date Line West
1056 ilanpillemer 37 39 145 1 5/5/2007 18:47 Harare a inside and upside down inside the code re-wiring it as I balance myself outhttp://ilanpillemer.com
kind of guy.
1057 christianlion 67 39 14 0 7/25/2008 21:42 Central Time (US & Canada) Expat Londoner that settled down for something more rural http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_the_lion
1058 NGTAfrica 14 39 278 0 3/18/2009 15:14 http://www.ngtsummitafrica.com/
Next Generation Telecom Africa Summit is a three day critical information gathering bringing together C-level technology executives. October 2009
1059 salaamuna 9 39 1748 0 3/29/2009 10:16 Santiago currently blogger ,i love reading sharing ideas http://www.tech-culture.blogspot.com
1060 andrevolsteedt 83 38 153 4 10/27/2008 18:51 Pretoria Strength and conditioning trainer http://www.mywinwebpage.com/xtremehealth
1061 calvinerlank 31 37 122 1 5/25/2008 8:27 Pretoria Easy going, too old to party, but like to chill with friends!
1062 TurnerElisabeth 83 36 647 1 8/30/2010 17:36 Greenland Every day needs a purpose..
1063 Hercolena 70 36 430 0 9/28/2008 13:26 Pretoria Hercolena commends comments, tweets&twitters sweet¬ bitter, patter&pitter up&about&sitter, flies, branch out, sometimes quitter, bit of dis&lot of ditter.
1064 t1lt 75 36 90 6 4/2/2009 13:06 Pretoria http://t1lt.deviantart.com/
1065 wayneevans 168 35 202 1 5/23/2008 13:23 Pretoria F1 fan
1066 zanetsocial 184 34 147 2 5/20/2009 13:30 Pretoria
1067 Al_Ingram 63 34 161 0 3/26/2009 10:47 Harare
1068 Adrieheks 42 34 114 0 6/8/2009 18:10 Pretoria Practical Dreamer http://herriemerrie.wordpress.com
1069 SABCRecordLib 26 32 44 0 3/16/2010 12:33 Pretoria “If music be the food of life …” walk in. http://sites.google.com/site/sabcmedialib/record-library
1070 maranch 59 32 53 1 6/7/2009 16:38 Harare
1071 hydrofire 54 32 315 9 3/23/2008 15:41 Pretoria
1072 deebee28 98 32 417 1 10/17/2010 11:33 Pretoria just a bloke living and working in Jozi... love tech, music and whatever
1073 punit_agarwal 27 31 4 0 8/12/2008 19:40 Pretoria cOnFuSeD
1074 vanessinhamoura 148 31 56 7 9/22/2009 0:26 Paris
1075 peter_koen 84 30 76 0 5/10/2011 12:44 Pretoria Co-founder, multimedia design and #UX @InfoSlips. Interested in design, technology, society and social change. I grow vegetables.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
1076 shaundanielz 66 29 481 0 1/10/2010 6:44 Harare System Analyst, .NET, SharePoint, MS CRM http://www.shaundanielz.com
1077 markanicholson 45 29 265 3 5/5/2009 14:19 Harare
1078 Neelskoekemoer 40 28 223 8 7/5/2009 10:35 Pretoria I am a born again christian.Saved by the grace of God and washed with Thehttp://lightandlife.weebly.com
Blood of Jesus Christ.And baptized in the Holy Spirit. ...
1079 gducray 131 28 233 4 6/27/2010 17:16 Pretoria YNWA http://www.avunlimited.co.za
1080 jessicahopley 24 27 10 0 3/27/2008 9:49 Pretoria
1081 CapeToCairo 12 27 0 0 9/7/2008 13:06 Hawaii Africa's Online Business Market http://www.cape2cairo.biz
1082 WhiteQ 132 26 105 0 9/17/2009 7:31 Pretoria With wine, and lots of it, we might get world peace #Vrede
1083 sunsync 100 26 6 0 5/12/2008 13:39 Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1084 jobusk 72 26 854 20 3/11/2009 11:02 Pretoria http://www.facebook.com/jobus.kotze
An avid cyclist who loves Photography, Smart Woman, Cycling, Cricket and Rugby. In no particular order.
1085 ocm474 19 26 0 0 3/16/2009 19:58 Central Time (US & Canada) ELISE ROMAGE IS A FREAK AND NEEDS TO GET A LIFE
1086 reignhigh 62 25 266 0 5/27/2009 7:28 Nairobi fun lovin wicked full of attitude yet deep at the same time.love on everybody thou hate on the right pips
1087 wernervd 9 25 31 0 4/24/2008 9:45 Pretoria http://www.deventerprise.net
1088 richard_keller 75 25 14 2 2/16/2010 21:02 Harare
1089 goqoeb 28 25 3 0 12/14/2007 7:14 Greenland
1090 the_m00se 17 25 102 0 4/14/2008 8:26 Pretoria Athlete, Devil, rogue, all round nice guy.
1091 boycottfifa 59 25 37 0 3/21/2010 12:17 Pretoria http://boycottfifa.co.za
FIFA will be plundering South Africa in 2010. Let's raise our voices and say enough is enough.
1092 aveensingh 13 25 28 0 9/25/2008 12:10 London enjoy everyday to the best of ur ability
1093 hermansteenkamp 24 25 94 0 5/29/2009 6:58 Pretoria
1094 kayrivera_37 24 25 660 2 6/19/2009 0:33 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
1095 fris5 75 23 77 0 7/27/2009 14:54 Pretoria
1096 dbn_weather 0 23 2077 0 9/8/2008 1:39 Harare Durban Weather http://www.tweather.co.za
1097 Rubygloom 10 23 138 0 4/2/2007 7:14 Pretoria Bad baaaad kitty
1098 mikesaidwhat 0 23 6 0 5/21/2008 3:38 Pretoria The Daily Ramblings Of A Coffee Addict http://www.toomuchcoffee.co.za
1099 caitliinn 22 22 17 1 2/25/2009 22:07 Mountain Time (US & Canada) brooke hogan
1100 derekpai 7 22 55 1 3/13/2007 7:47 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Product Mgmt at Amazon Web ServicesCloudWatch and Auto Scaling http://aws.amazon.com/cloudatch
1101 Kerrydejager 13 22 17 6 3/18/2008 5:58 Pretoria
1102 lisamutua 6 22 26 0 4/24/2009 5:29 Tallinn
1103 BrittanySmith_ 20 21 219 0 8/30/2008 23:55 Quito
1104 TheGwa 1 21 3 0 1/27/2008 22:15 Pretoria I do my own stunts!
1105 solarnebula 17 20 33 0 5/18/2009 21:04 Pretoria FOH/Monitor Audio Engineer / Systems Tech
1106 lizemcdonald 42 20 10 1 8/24/2010 9:25 West Central Africa N
Research Psychologists in the media monitoring environment.
aturally curious – knowledge is our most precious commodity.
1107 mjlalberda 30 20 19 0 9/29/2008 10:02 Greenland
1108 bongorules 12 20 37 1 8/25/2008 8:02 Berlin Bongo rules - for a life in harmony and bliss.
1109 Malcolm_Naidoo 22 19 29 1 4/20/2009 13:29 Pretoria a citizen of earth
1110 Loopieloops 29 19 87 0 6/12/2009 12:44 Harare Married to Bradley, have 2 daughters named Shannon 11 and Carla 9, and 2 Rotties. My Husband and I have our own business!! Live in Johannesburg South Africa
1111 blackpetal29 71 19 27 1 7/13/2011 11:55 Hello, I know you're out there. I can hear you metabolizing oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.
1112 jans_steyn 7 19 34 0 5/23/2008 10:41 Pretoria SAP Country Version Development Manager at EPI-USE
1113 isitand1der 12 19 1 0 3/28/2008 10:53 Pretoria I won't set a precedent to be elected as president. http://www.geocities.com/tobeornottwobee
1114 LyndaE 22 18 0 0 7/23/2008 7:22 Bangkok Living in Laos with my Fiancé.
1115 christieleemann 12 18 16 0 4/15/2009 17:47 Pretoria http://www.ooohpretty.co.za
1116 Nico_Liebenberg 21 17 22 0 12/4/2008 13:52 Pretoria Executive Coach, husband, father and seeker of Truth http://www.dustconsulting.com
1117 SABCAudioRest 5 16 76 0 3/30/2010 8:25 SABC Audio Restoration has facilities for noise removal and Sound Restoration.http://sites.google.com/site/sabcmedialib/sound-restoration-unit
1118 creed_ 10 16 6 0 5/23/2008 13:24 Greenland I love cats and reading good books.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
1119 mzyy 38 16 9 0 5/15/2009 14:02 Pretoria very very playful
1120 SamsungBlogSA 0 16 1 0 6/10/2011 10:10 Greenland http://samsungblog.co.za
1121 heartmedia 8 14 10 0 5/25/2009 9:12 Harare http://www.weheart.tv
1122 GugzM 74 14 2 0 2/9/2011 14:11
1123 6000 14 14 457 0 9/13/2006 16:55 Eastern Time (US & Canada) please sir... id like to take things one day at a time... if we could, sir.
1124 Jayce_Millions 15 14 56 0 3/20/2008 13:08 Central Time (US & Canada) Im very good looking!
1125 shizey 34 14 90 0 6/12/2011 1:00 Penso em voce dia e noite eu na vou negar isso nao,mais ja nao te desejo como antes!!!
1126 pastorcfrancis 4 13 8 0 7/13/2010 11:07 London
1127 jEnNifEr_MaRtin 79 13 54 5 8/15/2010 12:19
1128 jasonmackay 4 13 14 1 9/10/2008 11:04 Pretoria http://www.fundamental.tv
1129 tinkietay 45 13 297 0 6/18/2009 19:08 Pretoria
1130 DOBSTIQ 57 13 242 10 8/12/2010 13:39 MY IS DOBS AND MY LINES ARE DOPE!!!!!!!! u got it right homie
1131 RobertAllenDbn 22 13 133 1 5/21/2009 11:51 Pretoria Married, 2 Kids..22 & 5. Run design & print in Musgrave Centre, PhotoWorld
1132 chivasrwm 32 13 25 3 1/14/2011 11:29 Pretoria Don't Judge. You Never Know What Their Story Is. Leave It To God If God b 4 u....Luv does not hurt or put u down for any reason...but Luv is a strong word...
1133 addykean 39 13 73 0 4/20/2009 13:30 London
1134 aoadedayo 15 13 4 1 11/28/2008 11:15 Pretoria
1135 flyingant 4 13 180 2 11/27/2008 18:57 Pretoria http://www.antoniefourie.com
1136 nytji 32 12 8 0 4/2/2009 20:10 Pretoria
1137 mcmckenzie 14 12 48 0 7/28/2008 11:10 Pretoria
1138 nickbda1 107 12 28 0 4/1/2009 16:06 Pretoria http://nickbda1.wordpress.com
1139 iandudleym 29 12 63 0 10/14/2010 18:49 Pretoria Ultimate U2 fan
1140 jozi_boy 14 12 95 0 7/23/2008 6:33 Pretoria IT Infrastructure Design International Banking
1141 diegoi 131 12 260 1 2/1/2008 7:45 Pretoria easy going guy with a passion for numbers and having fun at all times
1142 cjgariba 90 12 21 0 6/17/2010 9:22 Pretoria
1143 INNOMATE 5 12 0 0 10/13/2008 7:39 Harare Searching for God
1144 nkosana 7 12 5 0 10/14/2008 18:31 London
1145 Wange 25 11 220 40 8/14/2007 14:06 Pretoria a sand grain in the greater universe
1146 paulduplessis 14 11 9 0 7/30/2008 9:52 Pretoria
1147 ukuphepha 13 11 29 0 9/7/2010 20:15 Pretoria http://www.ukuphepha.com
Ukuphepha consulting provides a range of value driven business support services to medium and large organisations alike. Visit our website for more information.
1148 green_cyclist 55 11 99 0 2/5/2009 9:22 Greenland amatuer cyclist in Durban South Africa.
1149 whits11 16 10 15 0 10/22/2008 12:13 Pacific Time (US & Canada) i am who i am and HIs people
1150 GabbyUP 6 10 44 1 2/27/2009 11:58 Greenland 50 something gal in sunny South Africa.Mostly mother, secretary but budding writer in the making
1151 ryansingh 138 9 495 2 4/20/2008 19:08 London Mindy, You're my only friend.
1152 randomkenny 107 9 54 11 7/24/2009 9:30 Greenland Plumber, awesome, so not gay
1153 durbanlinux 6 9 3 0 7/6/2011 13:10 Pretoria The official Twitter account of the Durban Linux User group(DBN-Lug) http://durbanlinux.org.za
1154 guyumu 9 9 123 0 2/26/2008 8:27 Pretoria
1155 stevenbooth 42 9 0 0 7/29/2010 20:47
1156 brauteseth 0 8 1 0 2/24/2011 5:26
1157 Jaymission99 15 8 44 1 6/30/2009 16:27 Pretoria Its al in da mind n my mission is 2 use it...
1158 Lelob 0 8 1 0 3/13/2011 0:05
1159 marciust 5 7 16 0 10/8/2008 6:25 Pretoria
1160 louisvw78 11 7 11 0 3/13/2011 16:15 Pretoria
1161 sweerhe 95 7 80 1 9/11/2009 12:57 Pretoria
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
1162 krugerjp 50 7 2 0 4/19/2010 12:31 Pretoria http://www.kruger.is
1163 planet_241 2 7 8 0 8/3/2009 14:55 London planet des Africains dans le monde http://planet241.com
1164 QueQueMe 2 7 12 0 11/12/2007 17:33 Pretoria
1165 tulz83 104 6 8 1 2/2/2011 8:20 Greenland The Will of GOD will never put You where the Grace of GOD will not protect You.
1166 lydiiad 0 6 104 0 7/31/2010 3:38 WAKA WAKA.
1167 redbishop 7 6 6 0 1/14/2008 8:31 Greenland
1168 Shirls2008 12 6 15 0 10/2/2008 18:08 Jerusalem Wife, Mom. Grandma, credit manager, writer, dieter, vegetarian. Like coffee and chocolate.
1169 Prettymonstarr 24 5 4 0 3/12/2011 14:45 hi!(: im alyhana 16 from philippines (: ..im just a simple pretty person who live and love her life!gbu ((: .
1170 neoco_za 3 5 8 0 5/7/2009 10:11 Greenland http://www.neoco.co.za
1171 lindt21 12 5 33 0 5/29/2011 17:34 I'm a fun, loving, shy person but enjoy making friends. Not sure if this is for me but here now so shall try it.
1172 christwithano 7 5 20 0 6/29/2010 12:58 Pretoria I am a Christian Missionary involved in pastoral training
1173 nclns 1 5 3 0 11/5/2007 10:34 Pretoria
1174 quintusm 31 5 23 0 4/5/2008 12:50 Pretoria
1175 tanyafrodsham 8 5 102 1 12/5/2008 5:44 Harare
1176 marnuskotze 19 4 6 0 9/3/2009 17:44 Pretoria
1177 JonBravo 10 4 4 1 8/30/2007 12:26 Greenland
1178 henniedv 7 4 5 0 7/28/2010 16:16 Pretoria
1179 evrardndongala 19 4 19 0 7/27/2010 20:02 Pretoria i m simple guy
1180 Craigl21 227 4 2 1 6/27/2011 10:07
1181 Angel109 0 4 2 0 8/9/2009 6:47
1182 hottestgossip 0 4 0 0 9/13/2010 12:51
1183 lvdwalt 0 4 0 0 5/28/2008 10:21 Pretoria
1184 PastorDeborah 7 4 1 0 2/2/2010 0:08
1185 stupe 1 4 2 0 8/15/2008 9:41 Pretoria
1186 ushir 0 4 3 0 4/26/2010 10:01
1187 samj2k 7 3 25 0 10/2/2008 13:12 Pretoria
1188 BongoTheMonkey 5 3 24 5 5/20/2008 16:50 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I'm in the jungle baby!
1189 fweep 133 3 0 0 10/22/2008 23:49 Pretoria Kevin Bosman
1190 JohnRoome 1 3 1 0 11/17/2008 19:28 Greenland Artist&educator
1191 aly_katt 1 2 1 0 6/20/2011 5:31
1192 anacamia 8 2 8 0 5/29/2010 13:58 hiii im anna from lisboa. love living my life
1193 lenpretorius 2 2 3 0 6/8/2008 14:13 Pretoria Computer literate 60 year old! http://www.astidian.com
1194 LoretteKerr 3 2 3 0 10/8/2008 7:03 Pretoria A married mother of two teenage boys, a quilter and reader who enjoys spending time with friends
1195 mabhekaphansi 1 2 0 0 9/11/2008 10:05 Pretoria Science Writer http://shanewilson.multiply.com/
1196 therondp 3 2 7 0 3/30/2011 23:32 http://www.acgedu.com
1197 kaedon33 8 1 7 0 8/14/2010 9:05 West Central Africa
1198 andyhatfield 0 1 0 0 9/7/2010 1:52
1199 cheesboy 0 1 0 0 10/31/2010 12:12
1200 FluEU 5 1 4 0 5/2/2011 23:18
1201 Hornet101 1 1 6 0 11/23/2008 19:03 Greenland I'm weird, oh yah I'm in LOVE with Edward Cullen(if you dont know him read twilight)
1202 klmclubafrica 0 1 0 0 5/19/2010 13:34
1203 kubersakkie 1 1 1 0 9/8/2008 7:31 Harare I can do stuff me
1204 MusaXXX 2 1 575 1 4/18/2010 15:13
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 28 June 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined Twitter Date
Rank Twitter Name Followed Followers Tweets Favorites (UTC) Time Zone Description Web
1205 tammyvdv 1 1 3 0 9/7/2008 19:30 Greenland TypeA.Inquisitive.Loyal.Friendly.Outgoing
1206 Yashzn 0 1 0 0 6/14/2010 12:01
1207 lesterdup 19 0 14 2 6/26/2011 16:15 Pretoria
1208 aa_sa 0 0 3 0 9/19/2009 23:19 Brasilia
1209 chelitis 0 0 0 0 7/1/2010 0:08
1210 ixq 1 0 3 0 11/11/2008 18:41 Greenland You don't have to understand here, to be here..
1211 mrazzle 4 0 3 1 7/12/2010 3:21
1212 OTSK 0 0 1 0 7/27/2011 19:32 Tokyo
1213 Ozjuan 0 0 1 0 6/12/2011 5:28
1214 therealmissk 3 0 1 0 7/20/2011 13:17
1215 ToshaN 0 0 0 0 2/27/2011 18:44
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