Tendai Dube
Digital Investigation Journalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Articles
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Tendai Dube
A video allegedly showing a lion helping itself to the meat section of a grocery store in South Africa has been viewed millions of times across social media. However, this is false: the footage was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). The video shows clear characteristics of AI-generated content and the original poster identified it as having been made with AI. “WILD LION STORMS INTO GROCERY STORE IN SOUTH AFRICA,” reads the caption of an X post published on June 14, 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tendai Dube
When Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndatiwah was elected in March, she placed the country’s burgeoning oil and gas sectors directly under the control of her office. Since then, viral posts have been circulating claiming that Namibia cancelled oil and gas deals with the United States to prioritise state-owned operations. However, this is false; the Namibian presidency dismissed the claims as “fake news”.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Tendai Dube
During talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Washington on May 21, 2025, Donald Trump screened a video meant to support unfounded claims of the "persecution" of white farmers. This included aerial footage showing white crosses lining a road filled with a convoy of vehicles. "These are burial sites," Trump said. However, the highway is not flanked by graves.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Tendai Dube
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Washington on May 19, 2025, for a highly anticipated bilateral visit with his American counterpart, Donald Trump. Social media users have circulated a video claiming it shows “a summary” of their official meeting. This is false; the footage depicts Trump and South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe in 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Tendai Dube
Banks in South Africa are compelled to report large cash transactions, but posts claiming authorities have imposed new, more onerous withdrawal limits that require mandatory flagging are false. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) denied overhauling existing regulations and refuted the claim. AFP Fact Check traced the hoax to an obscure blog registered in Iceland. “The war on cash,” begins a Facebook post published on May 5, 2025.
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