“BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan and Somalians are selling unsafe food products to South Africans. #Abahambe #PutSouthAfricansFirst,” reads an X post published on July 27, 2024, and shared more than 300 times.
“Abahambe”, which means “let them go” in isiZulu, is a popular South African hashtag and a rallying call for those in support of the mass deportation of foreign nationals.
The X account is called “#PutSouthAfricansFirst”, named after the anti-immigrant movement that became a political party.
Shared hundreds of times, the post includes a picture of a loaf of bread in a packet that appears to contain a rat.
AFP Fact Check debunked a false claim about immigrants posted by the same X user in July.
Similarly, the photo in the latest claim is unrelated to South Africa.
A reverse image search led to reports here and here about a delivery app customer in India who allegedly found a rat inside a packet of bread (archived here and here).
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