This is what SA searched for in 2015
Load shedding and xenophobia topped the most trending search terms on Google by South Africans in 2015.
The search engine giant has published its annual Zeitgeist lists, a look at the past year “through the collect eyes of the world on the Web”Load shedding and xenophobia topped the most trending search terms on Google by South Africans in 2015.
(Zeitgeist means “the spirit of the times” in German.)
Here are the top five in each list of most search:
South Africa trending overall searches
2. August Alsina
3. Xenophobia
5. Lamar Odom
2. Simba Mhere
4. Pastor Zondo
5. Collins Chabane
How to…
1. How to cast
2. How to apologise
3. How to e-wallet
4. How to kick
5. How to smoke
What is…
1. What is xenophobia?
2. What is ebola?
3. What is occupation?
4. What is isis?
5. What is constipation?Trending current affairs
1. Loadshedding
2. Xenophobia
3. Charlie Charlie
Trending political figures
1. Charlie Chabane
2. Jackie Selebi
3. Mmusi Maimane
4. Baleka Mbete
5. King Zwelithini
