An image posted to social media in April claims to show Russian president Vladimir Putin wishing former South African president Jacob Zuma happy birthday in an announcement on live TV.
to sign a nuclear deal in secret, which was later stopped.Despite these links, there is no evidence the Russian president congratulated Zuma on live TV on his 81st birthday on 12 April 2023, as the image suggests.itself. It is formatted to look like a screenshot from a live TV news address by Putin.
It features an apparent “breaking news” strapline that reads “VLADIMIR PUTIN WISHES JACOB ZUMA A 81TH BIRTHDAY”, including quotation marks.and further investigation. You would also not expect quotation marks used like this on TV.We used a reverse image search to find out more about this image. You could use a tool like
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