@SAgovnews engagement report
@SAgovnews - 418K followers on X
Measured over 40 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 30, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1 interaction against 418K followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 40 original posts, its engagement rate beats 2% of 3,882 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 938 times each, and 0.107% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.225% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 40 posts sampled, 63% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 54 interactions, about 54x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #govzaupdates, #crimestats, #eskom.
Measured over 40 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 30, 2026. Recurring tags: #govzaupdates, #crimestats, #eskom.
Compared with accounts its own size
@SAgovnews's engagement rate beats 2% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,882 accounts, accounts of similar size (decile 7 of 10)). A percentile is spread evenly by construction, so 50 really is the middle of that group and 90 really is its top tenth.
On engagement per impression rather than per follower it beats 8% of the same group. When those two numbers disagree, the gap is about how far its posts travel rather than how people react to them.
Where this sits in the catalog
At under 0.001%, @SAgovnews sits below the 10th percentile of the 37,582 accounts in this comparison. That places it in the bottom 25% band, which runs below 0.012%.
Show the percentile table
| Percentile | Engagement rate |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 0.002% |
| 25th percentile | 0.012% |
| 50th percentile | 0.081% |
| 75th percentile | 0.439% |
| 90th percentile | 2.10% |
| 99th percentile | 158.1% |
This ruler is the whole measured catalog, not a size-matched group: it shows where the raw rate falls across every account we can measure, all of which are large. For a like-for-like comparison, read the size-band percentile above instead. See how the bands are built
Posting timing
This account posts most often around 10:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day of the week. The bars below are the catalog-wide pattern, with this account's own busiest slot marked. They do not show how this account performs at each hour: we keep one aggregate per account, not one per hour, so that measurement does not exist in our data.
Show engagement by hour posted, utc as a table
| Hour (UTC) | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC | -1% | 52K |
| 01:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
| 02:00 UTC | -3% | 51K |
| 03:00 UTC | -4% | 55K |
| 04:00 UTC | -6% | 44K |
| 05:00 UTC | -4% | 43K |
| 06:00 UTC | -4% | 50K |
| 07:00 UTC | -5% | 54K |
| 08:00 UTC | -4% | 62K |
| 09:00 UTC | -3% | 72K |
| 10:00 UTC | -2% | 74K |
| 11:00 UTC | -3% | 81K |
| 12:00 UTC | -2% | 89K |
| 13:00 UTC | -2% | 98K |
| 14:00 UTC | -4% | 101K |
| 15:00 UTC | -2% | 104K |
| 16:00 UTC | -3% | 102K |
| 17:00 UTC | -3% | 94K |
| 18:00 UTC | -1% | 88K |
| 19:00 UTC | -2% | 83K |
| 20:00 UTC | -1% | 77K |
| 21:00 UTC | -1% | 68K |
| 22:00 UTC | -2% | 59K |
| 23:00 UTC | -2% | 53K |
Show engagement by day of week as a table
| Day | Vs author median | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | +5% | 237K |
| Monday | 0% | 300K |
| Tuesday | -3% | 299K |
| Wednesday | -1% | 256K |
| Thursday | -1% | 249K |
| Friday | -3% | 258K |
| Saturday | +3% | 232K |
Best tweets
- Aug 30, 202654x their median
The New Development Bank (NDB) and the South African Government have signed two loan agreements worth a combined US$405 million to support infrastructure projects in Limpopo, North West and Gauteng. In a statement on Friday, National Treasury said the financing will support the Limpopo Central Hospital Project and the Magalies Bulk Water Supply Scheme, as part of efforts to advance South Africa’s sustainable infrastructure priorities. https://t.co/FalzZ0YO3c #GovZAUpdates
- Aug 28, 202631x their median
President meets US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III https://t.co/OdBOdH9bgm #GovZAUpdates https://t.co/qDHBPflPCN
- Aug 30, 202611x their median
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday deliver the keynote address at the Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner at the Volkswagen plant in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape. The celebration marks 75 years of Volkswagen in South Africa and recognises the company’s contribution to the country’s automotive industry, economy, skills development and communities. The first Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the production line at the Kariega plant, then known as Uitenhage, on 31 August 1951. https://t.co/YyxKpYiTRs #GovZAUpdates
- Aug 30, 202611x their median
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has paid R222.7 million to six universities for the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme, benefiting 2 927 students. The Ministry of Higher Education and Training said the payment of R222 688 894 was confirmed during Deputy Minister Yusuf Cassim’s meeting with senior NSFAS officials and the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme team in Cape Town. https://t.co/r06SjMXz7S #GovZAUpdates
- Aug 29, 20268.0x their median
For Warrant Officer Gloria Vatiswa Nontshokweni, policing is more than a profession – it is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable people. https://t.co/dkgqRZC2PI #GovZAUpdates #WomensMonth https://t.co/iUbeJRXPQG
- Aug 26, 20267.0x their median
Deputy Minister in The Presidency Kenny Morolong, in partnership with the Free State provincial government and Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Executive Mayor Gregory Nthatisi, will launch the Milestones of Freedom campaign in the Free State on Thursday. The campaign seeks to promote social cohesion, inspire national pride and encourage reflection on South Africa’s democratic journey. It highlights the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution; the 50th anniversary of the 1976 youth uprising; the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March against pass laws; and the 60th anniversary of the forced removals from District Six. The launch will take place at Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein, a site of historical significance in South Africa’s journey towards democracy. https://t.co/VQ9tZdFX4m #GovZAUpdates #MilestonesOfFreedom
- Aug 30, 20263.0x their median
Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga has expressed concern over the use of alcohol in an advertisement referencing the historic 1956 Women’s March. In a statement on Friday, Minister Chikunga said the use of alcohol in the marketing campaign trivialises the historic and ongoing struggle of South African women for freedom, equality, dignity and justice. https://t.co/6SWpdFsVjl #GovZAUpdates
- Aug 29, 20263.0x their median
Residents across Mpumalanga are being urged to use water sparingly as provincial dam levels continue to show marginal declines. https://t.co/M4bNeP3jsH #GovZAUpdates https://t.co/GlqUVR4brP
- Aug 28, 20263.0x their median
Cabinet has welcomed the successful hosting of the 46th #SADC Summit in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, which marked the beginning of South Africa’s Chairship of the regional bloc. https://t.co/38kKDvQIPD #GovZAUpdates
- Aug 28, 20263.0x their median
Crime stats show areas of progress, but criminal threats remain https://t.co/wC0JmlAI2a #GovZAUpdates #CrimeStats
Ranked by total interactions across everything we have tracked for this account, which is a longer history than the 30-day window the rates above use. The multiple compares each post to this account's own median.
Recurring topics
The most frequent hashtags in the sampled posts. They describe what this account writes about; they are not a performance signal, and the catalog-wide breakdown on the hub shows how little hashtag count moves.
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Reading these numbers
A typical post picks up 1 interaction against 418K followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 40 original posts, its engagement rate beats 2% of 3,882 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 938 times each, and 0.107% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.225% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 1.4 post a day over the last 30 days, though only 13% of days saw any activity at all. Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Friday is the busiest day of the week. Of the 40 posts sampled, 63% carry an image or video and 98% link out. The account's strongest tracked post pulled 54 interactions, about 54x its own typical post. Recurring topics include #govzaupdates, #crimestats, #eskom.
- What is @SAgovnews's engagement rate on X?
- @SAgovnews (@SAgovnews) has an engagement rate of 0%, based on the median interactions across 40 original posts from the last 30 days against 417,809 followers. Replies, reposts and quote-posts of other people are excluded from that sample.
- Is that a good engagement rate?
- At under 0.001%, @SAgovnews sits below the 10th percentile of the 37,582 accounts in this comparison. Those comparison accounts are all large ones, because our scanning cadence is weighted towards big accounts, so this is a ranking among peers of similar scale rather than a ranking across X.
- Does @SAgovnews have real engagement?
- Its engagement rate beats 2% of the tracked X accounts closest to it in follower count (3,882 accounts), which puts it in the bottom 10% for its size group. Ranking inside a size band matters because engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly re-measure the follower count. It is a starting point for a look at follower quality, not a verdict on it.
- When does @SAgovnews post?
- Most posts go out around 10:00 UTC, and Friday is its busiest day, at roughly 1.37 posts per day across the measured window.