Anti-vax fake news spreaders should face prosecution, says health minister Joe Phaahla

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People who spread fake news about Covid-19 vaccinations should face criminal charges, health minister Joe Phaahla said on Tuesday.

Briefing the National Council of Provinces on progress in the fight against the pandemic, Phaahla said disaster regulations contain a provision making disseminating fake news a criminal offence.

More than countering fake news, including “videos claiming everyone who is vaccinated will be dead in two years’ time”, said Phaahla, “we should be bringing in law enforcement to look at that”. “We believe vaccine hesitancy needs a multidimensional approach and what is often referred to as transmitting the same message in different voices and in a different way.He said a number of media houses had offered their assistance at no cost.

 

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Let them try they will know why south africa is crazy first your plan of vaccine mandatory n restriction will fail cos will fight you hard what happened with looting its nothing compared what will happen if we are forced n you cant arrest all of us we just crazy n we can fight

The constitution of South Africa allows people to a right to bodily integrity! Nobody should be forced to vaccinate! You should all fight injustices, like poverty and inequality with this enthusiasm & vigour! The reasons given to encourage vaccination do not hold water medically!

That one should step aside

He must VOETSEK

Arrested the whole country

This is FAKE NEWS as well

Dear South Africans, our country and democracy is going to the dogs, please let's try to do something

THERE IS NO KILLER VIRUS.

It must also apply to the people who administer vaccine telling people that it prevents Covid-19 while it doesn't, the evidence is that people who vaccinated are admitted in hospital for covid , so those administers must be charged and arrested

ANC is worse than Apartheid government 🤔

Inyobe Joe o kgaogane Le rona tuuuuuuuu 🙏 assomblief

Wah

This is crazy shit. We need ti stand together on this for our future generations. Do not let them win

Look like we're no longer free in this country

Efika nje

😂😂😂😂😂

Another attempt to silence free speech. This is dictatorship! We need to seriously consider if we want to be lead by these people. I for one am tired of the likes of these🚮

I agree. It seems like government and mainstream media is spreading fake news or uninformed news at the very least. Number of people injured by these jabs? What's in the vaccines? Why are people being coerced? What are the Long-term effects of the jabs.

😂😂😂😂Amen

THEY WON’T EVEN ARREST & / PROSECUTE CRIMINALS, WHAT CHANCE IS THERE OF THEM PROSECUTING ANY OF THESE PEOPLE?!

Wonder how do you differentiate fake from truth, or it`s just the opinion of the ones in government against the general public.

Arrest those who stole 500 billion in 3 months...

There is no virus? 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Can you believe these idiots?

Minister can do better, he can open a debate about all those negative theories. It's easy to prove or disprove Science. People will keep on getting these opinions. Create a portal where we can deposit any question that will be responded by Scientists. MYANC PresidencyZA

But u failing to charge real criminals who are busy breaking the law 🤨

Msunu wa Joe Phaahla. People are now woke you fool. Forcing something that is on trial on humanity is a crime geh. Check the Nuremberg Code (1947)

Lol fake news according to who? 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

You will need scientists and counter scientists in that courtroom. The state will spend millions trying to prove this

Finally, we hear the word ARREST with fake health news. If you wanna arrest with fake Covid news, then can we get back to some news on the health of the criminal Zupta. Speculation of his health can only be reassured with examination by an NPA doctor. Fake health news=ARREST!

The only way to punish anti-vaxers is to get them off the internet where they get their PHD's that make them pro-stupid!

One POSITIVE THING ABOUT THIS IS TRUTH WILL COME OUT ... Cause the Government is gonna have to Prove and Explain the unexplainable

LuckyMkhisto2 Dr zweli mkhize Dr nkosazana Zuma Dr Aaron motsoaledi . . . Then this new minister bare ke Joe just Joe🤣🤣🤣🤣 no title. Le kgwedi ga nayo mara o šetše a threaten batho ka tronko....

LuckyMkhisto2

What a joke 😂😂😂🤗✌👐😎

You can arrest me. Try it.

I think it’s about time they should arrest those adress nation about thousands of job opportunities and RDP houses 3 years ago

What about those who are hiding the truth regarding COVID-19 vaccination?

Are you for real?

Skin colour will be used to arrest people la

Indeed 👏👏

Well agreed Minister

instigators of anti-vax

They can't bring criminal charges to known criminals with cases, instead they re deploy them into govt structures. We've also seen the crime surge 1st hand & as well as reported by Beki Cele. It's clear law enforcement in SA has zero capacity to enforce anything, even this BS.

You going to arrest all of us then ths vaccinew is rubbish come to arrest me jou moor

Should start with his president

So Health Minister is twinning with Safety and Security too? We are in excellent hands. While we are at it, can the Health Minister make the Covid test free?

Tell my why the vaccination is free yet the Covid test is so expensive?

It is past time they started charging people who spread disinformation around vaccines. These people have blood on their hands.

Exactly who determines what is 'fake news'. Don't know if anyone's noticed but there is a serious shortage of 'conspiracy theories' out there. Simply because the 'theories' turned out to be true.

Our people are jobless and hungry where's the jobs we voted them into power for? Now they talk arrest for failing us for so long he wants to defend a vaccine which they never produce themselves😀

And those eating PPE monies are still free? The ordinary are targeted again!

They must allow SputnikV and Sinovac, they will increase in huge numbers in people taking vaccine. When convincing people to take vaccine they ask thes difficult questions, they're saying where are other vaccines & why SAHPRA1 don't speedily approve SputnikV just like Johnson

Freedom of speech yona?

We don't want the vaccine you can arrest us all u want

I see this new doos is just following the big bosses script!

ANC thieves are looting day and night yet they never face any criminal charges

What kind of fake news? When people and news rooms says some people died from complications after taking vaccine is fake news?

What will happen to those who promote vaccination with lies?

Anc is taking us for granted. Serious. People are just talking like headless chickens. We are no longer represented.

It's seems like everyone is gonna be arrested now🤦🏽‍♂️

Everybody 8s going to jail it seems in this dictatorship

It seems this government is going to arrest anyone who disagree with it

How I we going to know if it's fake news or not

they are the ones who must face criminal charges for injecting people with synthetic laboratory chemicals that don't belong inside the human body.

Eban

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