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SATIRE: This video showing snowfall in Somalia’s Garowe Town is fake
This Facebook post with a video claiming to show the first snowfall in Garowe, the administrative capital of Somalia’s Puntland regional state, is SATIRICAL. The clip shared on 13 June 2025 shows a reporter interviewing a senior citizen about the snow. The Somali text...
Fact Check: Viral Video of ‘Lesotho Citizens Fleeing to South Africa’ Is Actually LDF Recruitment Footage
By Nicole Tau A Facebook page with 1 million followers, South Africa Daily, on 6 June 2025 shared a video claiming it showed ‘Lesotho citizens trying to cross borders to South Africa.’ The footage depicts hundreds of people pressed against each other, suggesting mass...
Fact-check: Is homosexuality a learned behaviour?
By Maleshoane Ratsebe A Facebook post claims that homosexuality is learned behaviour and that “no one is born gay or lesbian.” The claim is partly false. The post further asserts that sexuality is shaped by environment, social influences, and early childhood...
Fact Check: Parliament Isn’t Criminalizing Monogamy in 2026
By Nicole Tau A Facebook post alleges that Lesotho’s Parliament is working on passing a law in 2026 making it a crime for a man to have only one wife. On 31 March 2025, a Facebook user (14K followers) shared in a Facebook group (327.1K members) that Parliament is...
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