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No, Germany is not waiting for South Africa to scrap its Black Economic Empowerment policy before investing

Tendai Dube Published on Friday 7 December 2018 at 20:58Updated on Friday 7 December 2018 at 20:59
A widely shared post claims Germany will only invest in South Africa if the country scraps its Black Economic Empowerment (BBE) policy. There is no evidence to support this claim -- the German ambassador told AFP that the claim was false. The embassy added in a statement that “there is no instruction or guideline to withhold investment in South Africa”. A recent European Union discussion paper does however state uncertainty around the BEE as one of the top challenges for European investors in the country.
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No, these photos do not show Pakistan’s national flag on the streets of an Indian city to celebrate the election of a new mayor

AFP India Published on Friday 7 December 2018 at 10:00
A Facebook post shares photos it claims show Pakistan flags decorating the streets of India’s eastern city of Kolkata to celebrate the city’s newly elected mayor. The flags in the photo are not Pakistan’s flag but a similar looking Islamic flag, which was put up to mark a Muslim religious holiday in late November.  
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