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Synthetic Othering. South Africa Is Under Narrative Siege

There is an international campaign portraying South Africa as intolerant, xenophobic, Afrophobic, antisemitic, Islamophobic and morally compromised. This campaign includes the domestic escalation of identity politics, and the increasingly sophisticated mobilisation around
July 4, 2026