This week's top trending stories

According to Acumen Media's latest seven-day analysis, here are the stories that grabbed the most headlines for the week:

• The 2020 Cape Town Pride Parade and Chad le Clos wanting his silver medal upgraded to gold after the discovery of Sun Yang cheating.
• A bus crash in the Eastern Cape that claimed the lives of 25 people.
• The Drakensburg Boys Choir sexual abuse allegations and the discovery of negligent school management in the Enock Mpianzi forensic report.
• The murder of another child, Reagan Gertse, by a person that was on parole.
• South Africa's economy in another recession.
• The story of DA members joining Herman Mashaba's newest political party.
• The on-going refugee situation in Cape Town's CBD.
• The biggest story of the week belongs to the coronavirus, one South African has it and is in the country.
• Eskom for having the lights on for the whole week.
• The upcoming US elections.


• Vladimir Putin and his dealings with Erdogan and his stance on gay marriage.
• YoshiTheTurtle making it to Australia with a record journey of 37,000km.