It would be easy to look at the long queues and confusion outside Refugee Reception Offices and assume the government has been caught off guard. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni rejects that assumption. Speaking at the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing in Pretoria, she insisted authorities have been working on migration and misinformation for months, even if they have not held press conferences about every step. The immediate trigger was a Constitutional Court judgment in the matter of Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town v Minister of Home Affairs. The judgment was handed down on 7 July 2026, but the…

Imagine scrolling through your phone and seeing a video of a crowded street with a caption claiming a protest is happening right now in your city. Your heart races. You forward it to family and friends. Then someone checks the facts: the footage is six years old, from a different country, and the situation on the ground is completely calm. That feeling of being tricked is not just annoying; it can have serious consequences, especially when misinformation touches politics, religion, health, or public safety. India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued an advisory taking notice of exactly…