Claim: A video shared hundreds of times on Facebook purports to show Chinese troops and armoured vehicles recently deployed in South Africa. But this is false; the footage, which features what appear to be armoured vehicles covered in tarp being moved atop transport carriers, was actually filmed in Namibia. A South African defence expert believes it shows Botswana Defence Force equipment getting delivered via Namibia.
Fact-check: This footage shows military equipment being transported in Namibia
Verdict: false
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Tendai Dube
Date published: 2020-05-29T18:50:00