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SA Truth Guardian helps people examine viral claims, distinguish evidence from rumours, and find clearly sourced public-interest information. We explain the evidence without telling citizens what political choice to make.

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Our editorial rule: show the claim, evidence, sources, reasoning, review date and any meaningful uncertainty.
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01Claim received
02Evidence checked
03Review published
Evidence-ledPrimary sources wherever possible.
TransparentCorrections and review dates stay visible.
Non-partisanNo candidate or party endorsements.
Citizen-firstAnyone can submit a claim.
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Three ways to get the facts

MYTH BUSTER

Check a viral claim

Search claims by topic and see what evidence supports, contradicts or leaves a question unresolved.

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VERIFIED NEWS

Read source-backed updates

Short public-interest explainers that identify their sources, dates, context and remaining uncertainty.

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CITIZEN REPORTING

Send us something suspicious

Share the original post, video, image or article. A report is a lead—not a verdict.

Report a claim →
The process

From viral post to visible evidence

Read methodology
01

Receive

Capture the exact claim and preserve the original source.

02

Investigate

Trace primary documents, dates, context and independent corroboration.

03

Review

A second reviewer checks whether the evidence supports the wording.

04

Publish

Explain the finding clearly, with sources and corrections where needed.

Take part

See something suspicious?

Send the original material. We separate checkable claims from commentary, then identify what can actually be verified.

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Our boundaries

We show the evidence. You make the choice.

We don't tell citizens who to vote for. We don't treat disagreement as proof of falsehood. We don't publish accusations without evidence.

Political opinions, predictions and rhetoric are distinct from checkable factual claims.