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Trending: Has QAnon fuelled South Africa’s divisions?

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Has QAnon fuelled South Africa’s divisions?

06/08/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Has QAnon fuelled South Africa’s divisions?

The unlikely impact of a US-based conspiracy theory thousands of miles away in Africa.

When a bizarre US-based conspiracy theory surfaced thousands of miles away in South Africa, it had an unexpected effect on pre-existing tensions within the Rainbow Nation.

What happened when a bizarre US-based conspiracy theory surfaced a continent away in Africa?

In the second part of Trending’s mini series about the impact of QAnon around the world, we report from South Africa. 

At the heart of QAnon is the baseless claim that former US president Donald Trump is waging a secret war against a cabal of powerful paedophiles who run American politics and Hollywood.

But in South Africa, elements of QAnon have been translated into the local context of pre-existing tensions in society, and are helping turn South Africans against both immigrants and one another.

Presenter: Jonathan Griffin
Reporter: Mpho Lakaje
Editor: Mike Wendling

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