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“Our President Ramaphosa was called away to a meeting of national security which is called by the 'international military alliance' to inform him of the Imminent Lockdown in South Africa and his Imminent arrest (sic),” reads an X post published on January 8, 2024.
“The South African Government has been ordered to step down as we under Martial Law (sic)," it adds.
The post, with more than 3,000 likes and more than 1,000 reposts, claims this was announced during a 30-minute “Emergency Alert System (EAS)/Emergency Broadcast System (EBS)” broadcast received in Parys, a resort town in South Africa’s Free State province.
The bottom of the post features a link to an article about Ramaphosa taking a day off during the governing party’s annual new-year gathering from January 6-8, but there is no mention of impending military rule (archived here).
Despite multiple comments confirming no such events were underway in South Africa, others who replied to the post appeared to want to believe it was possible.
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