Johannesburg, July 11 – WhatsApp has announced the launch of a new feature globally that will highlight when a message has been forwarded and not composed by the sender. The messaging application made the move public on Tuesday through its official blog following calls from various parts of the world, including India, to tackle the […]
Solly Makganoto The Russian Embassy in South Africa said that it is disappointed by the Sunday Times’s sensationalism and fake news which continues to dominate the majority of South African press. This is after the publication’s article [published on the 22 October 2017] which alleges that Russia had an influence on the […]
JOHANNESBURG, July 28 (ANA) – The author of a “fake social media post” containing racist remarks by calling black people baboons, has apologised, short-term insurance company, MiWay said on Friday. The social media post purported to show an email written by a MiWay staff member. After an independent forensic investigation into the incident, MiWay identified […]
Staff Reporter MiWay insurance has responded to a massive twitter backlash over a photo of an email purportedly sent from one of its employees that was widely shared on social media, calling it fake and threatening to take “strong and appropriate action” against those who created the email. On Thursday a a photo which appears […]
PRETORIA, July 7 – The Department of Basic Education (DBE) said on Friday it was concerned by the spread of fake news, including a report which had DBE Minister Angie Motshekga reportedly warning against children doing too much reading as this could cause brain cancer. In a statement, the DBE said it had noted the […]
Solly Makganoto Johannesburg, June 29- The Black First Land First (BLF) movement said that it will be conducting protest action against Peter Bruce and will start today (Thursday) by picketing him. BLF alleges that white owned media has unleashed a massive campaign against the truth. “It hides white corruption and racism of white monopoly capital and attacks […]
Weekly Xposé founder Kenny Kunene was on SAFM this morning with Sakina Kamwendo unpacking the concept of fake news in the South African media landscape, and did not mince his words that “there is an orchestrated campaign by mainstream media”. South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) chairperson Mahlatse Gallens said that Sanef has continued to say […]
Weekly Xpose entered the mainstream consciousness about two and a half months ago amidst much fanfare by mainstream white-owned media that they had uncovered the latest in a string of so-called fake news websites. Fast forward to today, the website less than three months old is within touching distance of reaching its first milestone. […]
In the end we must ask what threat does the Weekly Xposé pose, and for what reasons? I read a crossbreed of news sources on a weekly basis from which I choose to engage such as I deem it my right. I equally have a blog, www.ramalainetalkpoliticalanalysis.com, that is legally registered with http://www.wordpress.com. It contains over 200 opinion pieces […]