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2024 Elections | Credibility of news threatened ahead of vote

Friday 02 February 2024 - 16:35pm
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JOHANNESBURG -  Misinformation and disinformation can make or break an election campaign.

WATCH: How dangerous can misinformation be to the elections 

Especially, during a season of shaky political coalitions, poor service delivery, and rampant corruption.

South Africa is heading towards another election and fake news has the ability to threaten democracy and the credibility of the news.

William Bird from Media Monitoring Africa discussed this with eNCA.

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