Google search trends reveal that Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has been the most searched for political leader in the past 24 hours. Over 5 000 searches by South Africans on the world’s biggest search engine related to Maimane. The spike in searches for Maimane occured after the party’s Phetogo rally in Dobsonville, Soweto on May 4.
The past 24 hours have seen searches for the Red Berets coming mainly from the North West, Limpopo and the Eastern Cape provinces. But, the ANC has gained the most searches from eight of the nine provinces excluding the Western Cape according to Google Trends. The DA dominates the Western Cape when compared to the ANC and EFF as Google search interest is at 41%. The province also shows the worst number for the EFF as their search interest dips under 30%, while they seem to be a popular search in other provinces.