| Title: | Fabricated news alert falsely claims Russian president told South Africa’s ANC to keep out of its affairs |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324Q36L |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 9, 2022 |
| Description: | A purported screengrab posted on Facebook in South Africa and shared hundreds of times purports to show a news item published by local media house News24 according to which Russian President Vladimir Putin told the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to stop meddling in its affairs. But this is false; News24 denied the report belonged to them while the Russian embassy in South Africa dismissed the claim of a warning from Putin. |
Fabricated news alert falsely claims Russian president told South Africa’s ANC to keep out of its affairs
A purported screengrab posted on Facebook in South Africa and shared hundreds of times purports to show a news item published by local media house News24 according to which Russian President Vladimir Putin told the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to stop meddling in its affairs. But this is false; News24 denied the report belonged to them while the Russian embassy in South Africa dismissed the claim of a warning from Putin.
