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Our own checks for South Africa are on the way. Until then, search 39 checks about South Africa published by other fact-checking organisations. Each one is credited and linked to its source.
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“a video claiming to show South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, responding to his US counterpart Donald Trump, after Washington imposed 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS nations and stopped antiretroviral aid to Pretoria”
PesaCheck rated this: Missing Context
“White vehicles in the street are evidence that the Johannesburg explosion was staged”
Logically Facts rated this: FALSE
“11 million rand South Africa bridge”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Screengrab of a Tweet purpotedly by the Prime Minister of South Africa denying the existence of the Omicron variant”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“The image shows Jacob Zuma adjusting well in prison”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“South Africa develops Covid-19 cure”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
“South Africa develops Covid-19 cure”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE HEADLINE
“A Facebook post says South African Police were being attacked by Nigerians in Johannesburg”
DUBAWA rated this: Insufficient Evidence
“A Facebook video claimed that foreigners are being chased away from South Africa as a result of the recent xenophobia attacks”
DUBAWA rated this: True
“Njoroge Gathiru from Murangá was brutalised, his wife raped and his children murdered during the ongoing Xenophobic attacks in South Africa”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Unreported plane crash in South Africa’s Limpopo province”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Thabo Mbeki called for Zinzdi Mandela’s prosecution for tweets on land in South Africa”
Africa Check rated this: False