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Unisa staffer’s friend accidentally identifies himself in fake news fightback

November 29, 2018

In an attempted fightback against a News24 investigation into disinformation website Mzansistories.com late last week, another “fake news” website owner has inadvertently identified himself. News24 can reveal that Ntebatse Clement

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The Unisa employee who manufactures fake news to divide SA

November 15, 2018

On September 26, 2018, a Twitter account @Mzansistories tweeted a link to an article on its website. The tweet, pictured below, featured the face of a black man next to a crying

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The former PWC staffer in charge of fake news

October 25, 2018

A controversial South African fake news site that has gained significant traction over recent months has been traced back to a man from Mpumalanga who previously ran afoul of the

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Breaking news…all the way from Nigeria

October 9, 2018

A misinformation network, masquerading as a group of South African “news” sites, has been traced to a West African businessman operating from Johannesburg and Port Harcourt in Nigeria. This web

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Social media disinformation – parallels between the US and South Africa

October 9, 2018

This article originally appeared on www.superlinear.co.za on 31 August 2018, and has been republished here with the author’s consent. The website FiveThirtyEight (made famous by its founder, Nate Silver, who

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WMCLeaks: Weaponising white monopoly capital

October 9, 2018

No discussion on disinformation would be complete without mention of the most controversial of them all: WMCLeaks. The WMCleaks website rose to prominence early in 2017, during the height of

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South African National Defence Force – Facebook Page

October 9, 2018

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has distanced itself from a Facebook page claiming SA would not be scared to go to war with any country, including the US.

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