Comments for ANC Debates on Twitter and Answers To The Public: Jesse Duarte on 'Elections 2009' at http://www.capetownalive.co.za , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.capetownalive.co.za Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:02:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2267 Guys they are MASTERS at freeing up public funds!!!!the point is where does it go.I must say the ANC amuse me when they keep referring to apartheid era creating poverty etc.We have never had such a high unemploymnet rate since the ANC have taken over.Looks like they checked out what the Nats got up to and hmmmm we can do this better. - Simone Wall Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:00:52 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2264 your pessimism knows no limit stroobz ;D - Scott Canny Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:16:21 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2261 as much as i hate the ANC i do think it is a great step they took in using Social Media for there Campaign, like u say, they not going to reach their mass audience and the right audience through twitter but it should give rise to the use of more Social media in the future, for Politics and other uses... who knows? :) - Craig Stack Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:45:23 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2259 Well, whether or not you think it was a failure, it's now on historical record: The ANC was the first party to attempt a live debate on Twitter. In my opinion, it was a rough start. In the space of about 90 minutes, over 320 questions were asked, and Duarte only managed to respond to 24 of them. The SA community was also frigging unforgiving - quite a lot of tweets about "being blocked/ignored/sidelined", when their questions were like #200 in the queue. I'm not thumbsucking this - I run TwitterSA.com, and I was recording it all. You can download a full report of the questions asked, and the answers, here: [url]http://digitalcitizen.co.za/?dl_id=2[/url] All that remains to be seen now is whether or not they make good on their promise to follow up the rest of the questions on MyANC.org - I've forwarded them that report, so all we have to do now is wait. Personally, while I acknowledge that people rich enough/enlightened enough to use Twitter aren't going to fall for ANC rhetoric (and therefore, the ANC probably won't win any last-minute converts this way), I have to admit that I'm glad they took this step. If they continue using SM after the elections, chances are the other political parties will, too - it might change a few things, who knows? - Wogan Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:49:50 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2256 forgive my pessimism scotty. but "pleasantly suprised" is not really one of my expected emotions when that insult to baboons comes to power! - kyle stroebel Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:29:34 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2253 it's all the same bullshit bullshit bullshit.. they can say whatever they want but it all means nothing until there's action.. and if the last 15 years are anything to go by, they aren't very good at that part.. and that was with mandela (legend) and mbeki in power!! what the fuck is gonna happen when zuma comes in to power???? either we are all FUCKED or we might be pleasantly surprised.. all we can do is hope for the latter!!! - Scott Canny Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:13:41 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2252 I totally agree with you - and she kept speaking about "public investments" and freed up money. ummm freed up money from WHERE??? tax payers pockets? Admittedly twitter doesn't allow for long answers but i completely agree she was evasive and often irrelevant - "belongs to all who lives in it??" yeah - wtf? - tash chapman Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:52:53 +0100 http://www.capetownalive.co.za/blogs/2922-anc-debates-on-twitter-and-answers-to-the-public-jesse-duarte-on-elections-2009.html#comment-2251 i tuned in and was quite unmoved by her answers. she strays from specifics and never really went into the detail i was hoping for. although i applaud her for coming online it was highly censored and got turned basically into an ANC statement rather than a tet-a-tet. although god forbid they ever actually enter into an intellectual debate of any kind. "How do you plan to meet SA power needs while limiting our carbon footprint. Focus seems to be coalSA needs to move away from coal but likely to remain major source of energy for foreseeable future. Increasing investment in nuclear, solar and wind power? Apart from election talks, the ANC has generally been seen as "anti-white". Why should the people believe otherwise? ANC is the foremost champion of non-racialism. It has consistently fought for a South Africa that belongs to all who lives in it." ummmmm.... WTF?????? not only is that irrelavant to the question posed... its fuckin retarded on all levels with regards to any question. why wouldnt the country believe they are anti-white? huh???? my DA commitee card couldnt come soon enough! - kyle stroebel Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:40:23 +0100