What's Crap on WhatsApp?

On today’s *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we investigate three viral messages:

 😷 Don’t be misled by the message about Discovery Health providing oxygen tanks for Covid-19 patients? *CLICK:* https://africacheck.info/discovery_oxygen  

 🛍️ Yes, this video does show a massive queue for shops in Ulundi after #ShutdownSA protests. *CLICK:* http://africacheck.info/ulundi_queue 

🙅🏾‍♂️ Did the ‘real’ Nelson Mandela die in 1985 while in prison? Nope, this conspiracy theory bungles facts. *CLICK:* http://africacheck.info/real_mandela 

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This week on *"What's Crap on WhatsApp?"* we’re investigating two claims about the recent #ShutdownSA protest and a claim about a bone-breaking “horror frog”.

In this week's "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" we’re investigating alcohol bans, exploding gas cylinders and a debunked Covid-19 cure.

On today’s *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we investigate three viral messages:

🛣️ Do ‘over a million’ Africans die in road accidents each year? No, this is the global number of deaths. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/road_traffic_deaths 

👨🏼‍💻 Did an eleven-year-old hacker steal $75bn from a Swiss bank? Nope! *CLICK* http://africacheck.info/hacker_swiss_bank 

♨️ No, inhaling steam (still) doesn’t prevent Covid-19. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/steam_covid

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Presented by Andisiwe May and Kate Wilkinson.

On today’s *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we investigate three viral messages:

😷 What is the evidence that links ‘black fungus’ to repeated use of unwashed masks. *CLICK* https://bit.ly/3vRjNFq  

🌋 Does this video, posted on Twitter, show lava flowing from Mount Nyiragongo in the DRC? No! *CLICK* https://bit.ly/3i91yaG 

📰 No, a South African minister didn’t say ‘white people, Indians, Khoisan and Afrikaans speaking coloureds’ were illegal immigrants. *CLICK* https://bit.ly/3p9O7bO

On today’s *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we investigate three viral messages:

💉 The Economic Freedom Fighters claimed Russian and Chinese vaccines have been proven to have higher efficacy than vaccines from Europe and American. But experts say the comparison is flawed. *CLICK* http://africacheck.info/EFF_vaccines 

⛽ Was a service station in South Africa held hostage as robbers sold fuel? Nope! *CLICK* http://africacheck.info/Zimbabwe_fuel 

🦞 Are lobsters “biologically immortal”? Wrong - no lobster lives forever. https://africacheck.info/lobster_jellyfish  

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On today’s *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we investigate three viral messages:

💉 “These three black celebrities all died this year, within the same month that they received the COVID vaccine,” reads a tweet. But it’s misleading! *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/32HpI38 

Did the “Philadelphia experiment” make an entire ship disappear in 1943? This is false. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/3t0BAIg 

No, a viral photo doesn’t show that Malawi ordered vaccines from Zimbabwe and got a rock instead. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/3nzaiYg 

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On today’s *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we investigate three viral messages:

👎🏾 No, Helen Zille, former head of South Africa’s Democratic Alliance, didn’t write that she ‘regrets promoting Black leadership’. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/3sttYO7   

🏨 Does a viral picture show a hotel in the city of Bloemfontein that currently offers gives tourists a ‘poverty experience’? No. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/3twadH4 

🖼️ This photo shows filthy water in San Diego, not South Africa's Limpopo province. *CLICK* https://africacheck.info/3dsz8pe 

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On today’s “What's Crap on WhatsApp?” we investigate three viral messages:

🇿🇦 Were six of South African cities ranked in the top 20 the “most dangerous” cities in the world? https://africacheck.info/3lFjMjM 

💎 Will a chrysocolla bracelet relieve diabetes symptoms? https://africacheck.info/3fhdXYH 

🌉 Does a viral photo show the official opening of a R11m bridge in Qwaqwa, South Africa? https://africacheck.info/3rEZoAx 

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