Friedman: Who gets decent services in the city? "The level of being part of the city in the suburbs is much greater than townships." #HA2015

Citizens in the townships are not being heard. Ward committees not working.. Friedman is Fierce! #HA2015

Only 10-20% of South Africans are really connected to social media, says Friedman. Why aren't we using cellphones to reach people? #HA2015

Grahamstown, a world class African small town, has just succumbed to load shedding.... #HA2015

Does free wifi necessarily lead to democratic communication through Facebook and Twitter, asks Friedman? Proactivity needed? #HA2015

Joburg mayor Tau: Journalists not reporting the densification of cities and 'corridors of freedom' (democratisation of Joburg). #HA2015

Joburg mayor Tau: citizens are being trained to actively make use of universal access to wifi. Connectivity creating accessibility! HA2015

Cities are taking the lead in addressing the digital divide, declares Mayor Parks Tau (Joburg). Viva! #HA2015

The wired city: Africa's cities - the fastest-growing in world - can leapfrog northern counterparts, says Adam Clayton-Powell III. #HA2015

Rachel Sibanda: Malawian citizen journalism in 2014 elections - highly engaged, but not after elections! #HA2015

Tshwane free wifi network biggest on the continent, says Alan Knott-Craig. Daily quota of 250MB. 700 000 people connected. #HA2105

Wifi TV journos recruited from Tshwane townships - have cameras and laptops and wander around covering stories! #HA2105

Why success in Tshwane? 1. Five sites to 50 to 700 - i.e. it started small. 2. All additional services, like wifi TV, enabled. #HA2015

6m downloads of local affairs video shot by 8 citizen journos supported by Tshwane municipality #2015

Address digital inequality and this starts to take care of health care inequality, economic inequality and educational inequality. #HA2015

Liana Steenkamp: Rates of child stunting in SA way up in democratic era - over 23% of child population insufficient height for age. #HA2015

Where is the reporting on child malnutrition in SA? Plenty of reports on obesity, but not malnutrition. #HA2015

Liana Steenkamp: There is too much hype on nutrition in reporting? She says Banting reportage is hype? But, is it? #HA2015

@Quibbie_ Wow, thanks. Where can I follow up on those stats?

Journos need to go beyond the 'official' layers of mediating Makhana + other places; riches of civic mapping: Rod Amner + Hanc Louw #HA2015