Africa Check has debunked several false claims circulating online, including AI-manipulated content and old videos shared out of context as the March and March-led protests continue across South Africa.

The fact-checking organisation said the first video circulating online shows a large crowd throwing stones at a police vehicle, with claims that it depicts ‘foreign nationals’ in Johannesburg who have formed ‘self-defence units to fight off South Africans’.

However, Africa Check said the clip of the armoured police vehicle retreating from the crowd was actually filmed in August 2019.

“News reports from the time explain that the video was filmed during a police raid on shops thought to be selling counterfeit goods in Johannesburg’s central business district. Shop owners retaliated, and the resulting protest was captured in the video. But it is unrelated to migration-related protests and was filmed long before June 2026,” the organisation said.

The clip was previously debunked after being shared out of context with false claims in April 2020.

Another video circulating online claims to show foreign migrants attacking South Africans in Mayfair, Johannesburg, after a private security vehicle was overturned by a group of demonstrators.

Again, Africa Check said the claims are false.

Reverse image search

Using a reverse image search of key frames from the video, the organisation said it found multiple versions of the clip circulating on social media, labelled as taking place in...

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