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