Sentiments that politicians would do anything for votes and that government could fix South Africa's challenges if it wanted to, formed part of the online elections conversation between 16 and 30 April 2024. Other topics within the conversation, which received more than 350,000 mentions, included the launch of the EFF's Vuka! Vela! Vota! ad; reports that the MK Party forged signatures to register with the IEC and that the party was experiencing internal leadership squabbles which led to the axing of co-founder Jabulani Khumalo.