South Africa
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
March 15, 2017
Rumors that various restaurants around the world were shuttered for serving "the most dangerous ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 8, 2022
We looked for the truth behind a claim involving Queen Elizabeth II and wh ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 7, 2022
An online advertisement conflated two real stories about successful baby elephant rescues.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2018
A video purportedly showing refugees looting a café in Spain actually captures an incident from ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 12, 2018
A travel web site got the basic facts right about the gruesome death of David Baloyi in February ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 6, 2018
A gory image of a child who had been attacked by a dog was stolen and used by propagandists to s ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 27, 2017
A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in November 2017.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 7, 2017
After the South African city was hit with a major storm, doctored videos purportedly showing tor ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 3, 2017
A series of photographs purportedly showing a luxurious aircraft purchased by South African pres ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 21, 2016
No, carjackers are not lying in wait to steal your license plates before stealing your car.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 25, 2016
The sharing of a questionable video wrongly identifies a South African officer charged with rape ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Sept. 19, 2016
The Nobel Peace Prize winner worked for decades to end apartheid in his native South Africa.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
July 25, 2016
A story about restaurants in South Africa serving dog generated a lot of outrage, but it was com ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 19, 2016
A fake news article reported that a new law in South Africa would require people with HIV to ind ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 28, 2015
A group of asylum-seekers and refugees staying at Hope Farm in South Africa threatened owners An ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 12, 2015
Reports that the world's first successful human head transplant has taken place in South Africa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 31, 2008
Do photographs show the victim of a shark attack?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 20, 1999
Is a South African woman whose 12-year old cousin was raped gathering signatures to force her go ...
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