Fake-talk and the Spaza Shop: A Fake Food Furore and the Spectre of Public Health Emergencies in South Africa

At the end of August 2018, a controversy erupted in South Africa. Accusations of potentially poisonous ‘fake food’ had been circulating on social media for a month or so, and by early September reports were common on South African news programmes. Accusations fell at the door of foreign-run spaza sh...

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Main Authors: Julia Hornberger, Sarah Hodges, Edmore Chitukutuku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2023-09-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/7136