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THANDILE XESI | Disinformation networks weaponise anti-migrant sentiment before local elections

Sowetan · 18 October 2026 at 09:29

THANDILE XESI | Disinformation networks weaponise anti-migrant sentiment before local elections

A quarter of top voices spreading anti-migrant sentiment before local elections are based abroad, writes Thandile Xesi

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