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Disinformation undermines voter confidence, fuels polarisation, and weakens electoral integrity. In the lead-up to South Africa's 2026 Local Government Elections, coordinated false narratives — across platforms, in local languages, often invisible to traditional fact-checkers — threaten public trust in democracy itself.
PIIE was formed to confront this head-on, with a coordinated, evidence-led response from civil society, media, tech platforms, and state organs.
Plug into a multi-stakeholder coalition responding to disinformation in real time during a national election.
Share signals, tactics, and learnings with civil society, media houses, fact-checkers, and platforms.
Strengthen your reputation by aligning with SANEF, Africa Check, and Moxii Africa on a high-stakes mandate.
Help protect South Africa's democratic process and the public's right to accurate information.
Underwrite monitoring, rapid-response, and counter-narrative capacity through the election cycle.
Contribute platform, policy, legal, journalistic, or research expertise to working groups.
Amplify verified content and corrections through your channels, audience, or network.
Share access to monitoring data, AI tooling, or platform signals that strengthen the coalition's detection capacity.
Striving for an accessible, accountable, and transparent information ecosystem we can trust
