DA leader claims investors are fleeing South Africa.

Outcome

Overview

The DA leader, John Steenhuisen, posted a tweet claiming that investors are "fleeing South Africa at the prospect of an ANC/EFF Doomsday Coalition". Complainant claims this is factually incorrect and its intention is to spread misinformation.

Background & Outcome

In the context of an elections period, this speculative speech ought to be expected and is in fact permissible. It is exactly the same as Cyril Ramaphosa's assertions that social grants will cease to exist if people don't vote for the ANC. Both Steenhuisen and Ramaphosa's utterances are despicable and disappointing, but can't be called misinformation in an election period when parties typically make all sorts of claims to win votes.

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