A social media viral claim was that ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba attended the ZANU PF Annual Conference in Gweru. Fact checking from CITE revealed that she did not attend the conference. The claim was meant to discredit her standing as an apolitical public administrator.(1/11)...
A fake Twitter account purportedly belonging to former Vice President of Zimbabwe Joice Mujuru claimed she had rejoined ZANU PF. Fact checking proved that the account was fake and DR Mujuru had not made such an announcement. (24/10)...
In Gokwe, anonymous text messages were sent to voters, two months after the election claiming that the winning candidate Flora Bhuka was withdrawing as an MP, with he messages falsely claiming she withdrew from the race due to personal reasons. The intention was to create...
Fake news circulated in Bulilima Constituency were that the High Court has upheld the election of Dingimuzi Phuti. These news were meant to tarnish the litigation being mounted by Bekezela Maplanak, which however ultimately triumphed in the courts....
In Chegutu, false news was spread that a local female public administrator was complicit in ‘election fraud’; yet a fact check reflected that she was not in the employ of the elections body at the time 2013-2018. This was aimed at creating a sense of...
In Hwange, anonymous flyers were distributed, falsely accusing a local CSO activist Annabel Jamela of promoting a radical political agenda that threatened traditional family values as it ‘promoted women too much’. The intention was to create fear and sway conservative voters against her activism....
In Mutare, false rumors circulated in the community accusing the City Mayoress of being involved in corruption in 2015, damaging her reputation and credibility. However upon fact checking, she was not part of council then...
In Mwenezi, fake news articles were published targeting Priscilla Moyo MP for Mwenezi East spreading false allegations about her personal life to undermine her tenure of office....
In Chinhoyi, fake news were circulated, falsely claiming that a the late Patricia Chibaya of CCC who was elected as a councillor, was Nelson Chamisa’s sugar mom’, a term used to refer to older women engaging in sexual relations with younger men. This disinformation aimed...
Fake news circulated on Twitter claiming that Fadzayi Mahere had lost Mt Pleasant Constituency, with the write Rutendo Matinyarare claiming that she was ‘undesirable’ and was of no ‘substance’ https://twitter.com/matinyarare/status/1694661524051173628...