As users increasingly gravitate to visual channels, YouTube overtakes Twitter as the second largest social media platform in SA.
Half of the continent's connected people use the social network, with that percentage set to grow significantly in coming years.
The social networking platform's security feature helps users define who can see their posts.
We round up this week's top six trends from across the globe that piqued our interest or had us scratching our heads.
But the social media site still lags in comparison to the likes of Facebook and Twitter, says GlobalWebIndex.
The social network adds the ability to target advertising according to the generation of network users access it on.
Scammers using bogus profiles of finance minister Nhlanhla Nene try to fleece unsuspecting users of their money.
A user who started a group titled "I have been done in by Drive a New Car from R699 per month" is being sued by the businessman running the car scheme.
Out of 7 685 male and female users of Victoria Milan, 86% say technology abets infidelity.
People are oblivious to the amount of manipulation that is happening through social media.
A new study shows first impressions based on selfies or social media avatars can be make or break.