The conversation around land reform in South Africa has taken centre stage in recent years after Parliament’s constitutional review committee has been charged with reviewing Section 25 of the Constitution.

Although not representative of the country as a whole, X as a platform provides an interesting viewpoint into how communities respond to different topics based on the hashtags they use in their tweets.

#LandExpropriation explores this through a simple visualisation. An algorithm scans the use of the hashtag in real-time on X and creates a physical visualisation with sand on canvas to illustrate the share of voice on the topic.