UNCONVENTIONAL TACTICS How Russia uses ‘hybrid warfare’ to amplify its narratives in the South African discourse 9 min 15 By Herman Wasserman and Murmur
ISS TODAY OP-ED Illusion of safety shattered with Islamic State West Africa Province's attacks on civilians 5 min 0 By Malik Samuel for ISS TODAY
FIGHTING DISINFORMATION OP-ED Media capture and information laundering – China and Russia’s propaganda assault on Africa 5 min 6 By Herman Wasserman
DISINFORMATION ONSLAUGHT OP-ED Are South African newsrooms ready for Elections 2024? 7 min 1 By Herman Wasserman and Michael Markovitz
GUEST REFLECTION We need to break our false belief in ubuntu and with it the legitimacy of Armani-suited predators 6 min 8 By Anthony Turton
ANALYSIS As Russia’s Wagner mercenaries expand over Africa, the continental air smells of Cold War again 6 min 2 By Phillip van Niekerk
HALTING THE SPIN Creatives urged to wash their hands of dirty work in fossil fuel 4 min 2 By Georgina Crouth
What we’re watching Top Gun: Maverick – a stunning feat of US military propaganda 7 min 2 By Tevya Turok Shapiro
CLOAK ’N DAGGER Atrocious crimes: Apartheid hitman’s brutal confessions serve as a warning for South Africans 5 min 2 By Caryn Dolley
THE CONVERSATION A hitman’s confessions expose brutality of white supremacists who served apartheid 2 min 1 By Keith Gottschalk
Africa From Russia, with ‘love’: Inauthentic Facebook assets promoted Russian interests in Sudan 10 min 0 By Tessa Knight for DFRLab
WEB OF LIES (PART ONE) Anatomy of a disinformation campaign: The who, what and why of deliberate falsehoods on Twitter 1 min 1 By Liesl Pretorius for Africa Check
Maverick Life Nina Simone, the CIA and Gabon’s president Ali Bongo in this week’s selection of podcasts 2 min 0 By Neroli Price
AMABHUNGANE - Battleground Social Media How disinformation, propaganda and manipulation shape our online discourse (Chapter 1) 4 min 0 By Susan Comrie, Micah Reddy and Sam Sole for amaBhungane
FREEDOM HOUSE CHINA REPORT How to win friends and influence enemies: China as global player in an age of covert government spin 5 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
RIGHT OF REPLY TO A RIGHT OF REPLY Gaza: Arguments in defence of Israel amount to bullshit-bingo 5 min 0 By Shuaib Manjra
South Africa Thwarting Islamic State: Make IS propaganda part of your dinner table conversation 4 min 0 By Jasmine Opperman
