August 18, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zim 2023 Election Watch - No Evidence for Claim That Election Commission Released a List of Ruling Party Candidates Nominated Late
IN SHORT: Social media posts claim that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) released a slate of 56 Zanu-PF candidates who submitted their nominations late. There is little… Read more »
June 23, 2023
South Africa: No, Waivers for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Misunderstood
IN SHORT: South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has clarified that their approval of waiver applications are meant to allow Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders in the country to… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Kenya: Video of High School Students Being Bullied Not From Kenya, but Zimbabwe
IN SHORT: A video and photos circulating on social media claims to show two high school boys being bullied by fellow students in Kenya. However, the incident took place in… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Zimbabwe: Road Riddled With Potholes in Harare, Zimbabwe? No, Photo From India
IN SHORT: Zimbabwe's road infrastructure may be crumbling, but a photo shared widely on social media of a road riddled with truly massive potholes is not from the southern African… Read more »
September 21, 2022
South Africa: No, Photos Don't Show Zimbabweans Smuggling Medication From South Africa
IN SHORT: Photos of medication have been shared widely on social media in South Africa, with the claims the drugs were obtained under false pretences for free in South Africa to be… Read more »
August 25, 2022
South Africa: No Publicly Available Data Supports Claim That 80% of Women Who Give Birth At South African Hospital Are Undocumented Zimbabweans
In August 2022 Phophi Ramathuba, the government's head of health in South Africa's Limpopo province, caused a stir when she was recorded confronting a Zimbabwean national for… Read more »
July 22, 2022
South Africa: No Evidence Three Attackers in Viral South African Hijacking Video Are 'Zimbabweans' - and Incident in Klerksdorp, Not Tembisa
A video posted on Twitter on 20 July 2022 and retweeted more than 1,600 times so far shows a man next to a vehicle fighting off what seem to be three hijackers. Read more »
June 03, 2022
Zimbabwe: No Evidence Zimbabweans Are Selling Their Toes Because of Poverty
A shocking claim has spread widely on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp in a number of countries, including Nigeria, Namibia and South Africa. It says that Zimbabweans are… Read more »