Amid a surge in anti-migrant sentiment, we test three common narratives driving South Africa’s migration debate against the ...

Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. Africa needed an organisation dedicated to holding public figures accountable for ...

IN SHORT: Claims that South Africa’s election commission is offering a “2026 recruitment intake” through dodgy-looking links on Facebook are scams. Be wary: legitimate IEC vacancies will be posted to ...

IN SHORT: A fabricated screenshot circulating on Facebook falsely claims Uganda’s chief of defence forces announced on X that he had overthrown his father, president Yoweri Museveni. There is no trace ...

IN SHORT: Claims that a video showing looting and destruction at a shopping centre in Durban, South Africa are from the 2026 anti-migrant protests are false. The video shows looting at Watercrest Mall ...

IN SHORT: A poster circulating on social media in South Africa claims that anyone who “catch and bring an illegal foreign national” to the department of home affairs will receive R250 per “illegal ...

Since April 2026, dozens of anti-migrant protests and demonstrations have taken place across South Africa, some of them violent. In the lead-up to 30 June, a date anti-migrant groups pronounced as a ...

In 2026, anti-migrant groups have organised dozens of protests and demonstrations across South Africa, calling for stricter action against undocumented migration. The country has a well-documented ...