What's Crap on WhatsApp?

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 exp...

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...

📈 What about a South African MP claiming that 70% of the informal economy is ‘in hands of non-citizens’. *READ:* https://africacheck.info/30MKSMf 🇿🇦 Is there any evidence for #15MillionIllegalMigrants in South Africa? *READ:* https://africacheck.info/3bBunZR 🙅🏾 Beware of false job adverts for the South African police. *READ:* https://africacheck.info/2Q9kLNr

Will one million girls across sub-Saharan Africa be blocked from returning to school due to pregnancy during Covid-19? Vaccines have never been used to control outbreaks? Did a businessman demolish his mother-in-law's house? 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and Kate Wilkinson.

🦠 Does a Facebook post claim that South Africa has confirmed its “first three Ebola cases”? 🦷 Do the colour coded blocks on your toothpaste tube indicate its ingredients? 🚘 Was South African politician and businessman Tshekedi Pitso buried in his Mercedes-Benz? 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally...

💰 Did a R200m Covid-19 vaccine tender go to the daughter of South African provincial premier? 🚕 Does South Africa’s taxi industry transport 70% of commuters? 💧 Are Port Elizabeth’s Covid cases linked to poor drinking water? 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and Kate Wilkinson.

💬 What’s up with your data on WhatsApp? Explaining the app’s new privacy terms. 🌀 Does a video show cyclone Eloise tearing houses apart in Mozambique? 🙅🏾‍♂️ Does this photo shows South African soldiers helping Zimbabwean migrants illegally cross a border? 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and...

🌵 Is cactus juice a cure for snake bites and scorpion stings? 💉 Did Australia abandon a Covid-19 vaccine after FALSE positive HIV test results. 📵 Did a message say Covid-19 does not exist and 5G cellular networks are making people sick. 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. ➡️ Your friends & family can subscribe by clicking...

The best of 2020. Produced by Africa Check and Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and Kate Wilkinson. 📶 Are disease outbreaks – including coronavirus – caused by 3G, 4G or 5G. 🧠 Are infrared thermometers “causing potential health issues by aiming an infrared ray to the pineal gland”? 🐒 Did monkeys “escape with Covid-19 samples” after attacking a lab assistant? ➡️ Your friends & family can subscr...

💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and Kate Wilkinson. 💅🏽 Is there a nail polish that can detect date-rape drugs in a drink. ⚰️ Do these photos show graves submerged beneath South Africa’s Vaal Dam? 🎓 Did the minister of basic education say “whites forced education down our throats”? Subscribe t...

Are there 15 million ‘undocumented foreigners’ in South Africa? Are there 48,000 potholes on Johannesburg’s roads? Does this picture show an exhausted South African farmer after fighting deliberately set fires? Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and Kate Wilkinson.

Produced by Volume and Africa Check. Presented by Kate Wilkinson and Paul McNally. ❄️ Can Eskom blame the ‘coldest winter in 10 years’ for load shedding? 👩🏼‍🌾 Is this tweet encouraging attacks on ‘racist farms’ by Julius Malema? 👮🏾 Have the “Chinese now taken command in Zambian police force”?

💊 Is a mixture of palm wine, bitter kola and lime a “remedy to cure the appendix”. No! 👩🏼‍🌾 Have South Africa’s commercial farmers declined from 120,000 in 1994 to 38,000? This is misleading. 💉 Does this photo show two boys - one vaccinated and one not - exposed to smallpox? Yes. 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume.

The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally & Kate Wilkinson. Was a British woman's 'largely skeletal' remains found in a flat after three years? Will garlic and milk mixed together cure asthma, tuberculosis and other diseases? Does the South Africa Covid-19 tracing app access contacts or any personal information? Get all the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on Wh...

This week on What’s Crap on WhatsApp? we investigate three viral messages!  Produced by Volume and Africa Check. Presented by Kate Wilkinson and Paul McNally. 1. A TV presenter recently said that one million children are trafficked every year in South Africa. But is this true? Find out: https://africacheck.org/reports/fact-checking-influential-tv-presenters-claims-about-child-trafficking-in-south-...

Did the Clicks CEO say black people cry over silly things? Nope! Is a mixture of garlic, turmeric, ginger and cloves a fertility wonder cure? No. Did a man who was suspected to have died from Covid-19 come back from the dead? This is crap! Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" The show is produced by Africa Check & Volume. Presented by Paul McNally and Kate Wilkinson.

🧠 Do infrared thermometers damage your brain? No! 🇿🇦 Does South Africa have the world’s fifth highest Covid-19 infection rate? Nope. 🚶🏽 Does a widely shared picture show an ambassador walking on the backs of children? Half crap! 💩 Get the facts in this episode of "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" Presented by Kate Wilkinson and Paul McNally Produced by Volume and Africa Check.

This week on “What’s Crap on WhatsApp?” we investigated three viral messages! 1. A message on WhatsApp says that a new infectious virus appears to be spreading in China. The virus is real, but it’s not new: https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/new-virus-on-the-rage-in-china-outbreak-reported-but-tick-borne-viral-disease-not-new/ 2. A widely shared Facebook post is doing the rounds again. It says the So...

Presented by Kate Wilkinson and Paul McNally Produced by Volume and Africa Check This week on “What’s Crap on WhatsApp?” we investigated three viral messages! 1. A widely shared video shows two people with a syringe and a piece of paper with four barcode stickers. They say that South Africans will have ID chips inserted in their hands. But this is false: https://africacheck.org/spot-check/no-rfid-...

This week on “What’s Crap on WhatsApp?” we investigate three viral messages. A message (sent to us 58 times!) warns people about a video called “Argentina is doing it.” It says the virus will hack your phone in 10 seconds. It’s crap: https://africacheck.org/fbcheck/no-argentina-is-doing-it-video-doesnt-exist-wont-hack-phone-in-10-secs/ A screenshot of a news report claims China has a case of the b...

This week we investigate three scams... and some of them are pretty terrible. Presented by Cayley Clifford and Paul McNally Produced by Volume and Africa Check.

This week, Kate and Paul dig into some "zombie claims" - ones that have been around for years and don't seem to go away. Hosted by Kate Wilkinson and Paul McNally. Produced by Volume and Africa Check.

This week Kate and Paul chat about your feelings towards the lockdown (based on the emojis you sent us) and, as always, get into the hard facts around COVID-19. Produced by Volume and Africa Check.

In this week's episode, Kate and Paul open up the floor to all our wonderful subscribers and ask them what they do when presented with some horrible crap on WhatsApp.

This week Paul and Kate get stuck in to a host of COVID related conundrums. This includes the "possibility" that your mask could be sapping your oxygen and ultimately will kill you... Produced by Volume and Africa Check.