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An asylum application directive is withdrawn as false rumors fuel tensions and publications multiply.
3 articles from 12 October to 18 October 2026 · 🇿🇦 South Africa
Posts related to a South African Constitutional Court decision on asylum applications rose from around 4,000 to 60,000 a day on X between 3 and 8 October. The false claims later fuelled mobilisation in Durban ahead of the 4 November local elections, according to Daily Maverick and Murmur Intelligence.
Source: Daily Maverick
Posts related to a South African Constitutional Court decision on asylum applications rose from around 4,000 to 60,000 a day on X between 3 and 8 October. The false claims later fuelled mobilisation in Durban ahead of the 4 November local elections, according to Daily Maverick and Murmur Intelligence.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 06:04
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs withdrew a directive allowing the resumption of asylum application registration after violence against foreigners in Johannesburg and Durban. The authorities cited overcrowded reception centres and security risks, according to a ministerial statement reported by Reuters.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 05:35
Hostile messages targeting foreigners rose sharply online in South Africa, from about 4,000 posts on X on 3 October to nearly 60,000 on 8 October. An analysis by Murmur Intelligence of posts and comments circulated from 3 to 9 October links this mobilisation to misleading interpretations of a directive on asylum applications.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 05:33
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