south africa election meta check ANC votes election It’s not true that if you don’t vote in South Africa’s elections, your vote automatically goes to the ruling party – only valid votes are counted
Eminem EFF south africa election meta check AI Artificial Intelligence Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Eminem video endorsing South African opposition party EFF and bashing the ruling ANC is a deepfake
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli colonisation Africa No, Israeli prime minister Netanyahu didn’t say he would ‘recolonise’ Africa after he ‘finished Palestine’ – 2016 speech taken out of context
French embassy DRC Fire Protests No, French embassy in DR Congo not ‘set on fire’ during recent protests – video shows burning tyres
Mosque destroyed chinese government ‘Another mosque’ destroyed by China’s government? No, video of damaged minaret pulled down after Turkey’s 2023 earthquakes
South African Reserve Bank performance award Orania No, the South African Reserve Bank did not give a performance award to bank in whites-only settlement of Orania
Microsoft disable computers No, Microsoft hasn’t announced plans to ‘disable’ computers used to post ‘non-mainstream content’ – viral claim completely made up
Afcon Attack Nigeria football soccer No, South Africans did not attack Nigerians after the 2024 Afcon semifinal – photos from 2019
rally Macky Sall Elections No, video of 2023 rally for Senegalese opposition leader Sonko – not 2024 protests against president Sall’s elections decree