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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations: Rebecca Davis (3 July 2024). "Fact Check: Is SA's new Home Affairs minister Zimbabwean?". Daily Maverick. Mary Alexander (4 July 2024). "Wikipedia edit war not proof that South Africa's new home affairs minister Leon Schreiber is 'a Zimbabwean foreigner'". Africa Check.

Page appears to be subject to some vandalism (false information regarding nationality?) - original article mentions South Africa as place of birth, recent changes have modified this to Zimbabwe (without evidence or reference material)? KarmanApproach ( talk) 15:33, 1 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Thats right, its a pretty blatent 'vandalism-for-political-manipulation' attempt. The Daily Maverick recently published a piece about it and i have noticed a number of people on South African Twitter/X (like Dali Mpofu) weaponising and Tweeting it. Discott ( talk) 09:09, 4 July 2024 (UTC) reply