Imikhankaso yolwazi olungesilo iqiniso eqondiswe kwiKhomishini Yokhetho Ezimele (i-IEC) kanye nokwethembeka kokhetho olujwayelekile lwango-2024 eNingizimu Afrika idonsele ukukhathazeka komphakathi kabanzi, kanye nezikhalazo ezisemthethweni ku-Real411 eziphindwe kathathu zaya ku-289 uma kuqhathaniswa nokhetho lwangaphambilini, kanye ne-81% yezakhamizi ezizwakalise ukukhathazeka mayelana nolwazi olungesilo iqiniso ngokusho kwe-Reuters Institute Digital News Report. Le mizamo ifaka phakathi ama-deepfake akhiqizwe yi-AI kanye nokukhwabanisa okungokomzwelo, okwehlisa ukwethembana ezinqubweni zentando yeningi kanye nokugqugquzela izinhlelo ezintsha zokubambisana zobuqotho bolwazi.

Izindaba Ezingamanga Eziqhutshwa yi-AI Nokwethenjwa Komphakathi Okhethweni

Umbiko kaNovemba 2024 we-Campaign on Digital Ethics (CODE) wembula indlela ukwanda kolwazi olungelona iqiniso—iningi lalo eliqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe obuyinkimbinkimbi—okwakuzama ngayo ukuqeda ukwethembana emiphumeleni yokhetho kanye nezikhungo. I-Media Monitoring Africa yaqokomisa ngoMeyi 2024 ukuthi ulwazi olungelona iqiniso ezinkundleni zokuxhumana lwalusongela ukuba semthethweni kokhetho, ingozi eyandiswa yizikhala ekufundeni kwedijithali phakathi komphakathi. UNomshado Lubisi-Nkosinkulu, uMphathi Wezokuxhumana kwa-Media Monitoring Africa, uthe: “Ulwazi olungelona iqiniso luhlala luneqiniso; lwenza umphakathi uthukuthele, ukhathazeke, wesabe futhi ungaqiniseki. Ngenxa yalokho, lulimaza ikhono lokuthembana futhi ngenxa yalokho, izikhungo ezibalulekile zentando yeningi ziyancishiswa,” kumazwana ashicilelwe yi-SAnews.

Ama-Coalition For Information Integrity Ngaphambi Kokhetho Lohulumeni Bendawo Lwango-2026

Njengoba iNingizimu Afrika ilungiselela ukuvota kwasendaweni ngo-2026, ababambiqhaza bathathe isinyathelo sokulwa nalezi zinsongo. I-Multi-Stakeholder Partnership on Information Integrity in South African Elections (PIIE) yasungulwa ngoMashi 2026, ihlose ukuphatha ubuqotho bolwazi njengendaba eyisisekelo yamalungelo abantu. USolly Malatsi, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuxhumana Nobuchwepheshe Bedijithali, waphawula ngesikhathi senkulumo ka-2025 ukuthi, “Intando yeningi ngokwayo isekelwe eqinisweni. Izakhamizi zingenza izinqumo ezinengqondo kuphela futhi zenze abaholi babe nesibopho uma benolwazi ngamaqiniso, hhayi amanga.” I-Media Monitoring Africa iqinise izingcingo zemithombo yezindaba enamandla, ethembekile kanye nokufunda ngedijithali.

Ukwakheka kwe-PIIE kubonisa ukuvumelana okukhulayo kokuthi impendulo ehlanganisiwe—ehlanganisa uhulumeni, umphakathi, kanye nabezindaba—ibalulekile ekulondolozeni izisekelo zentando yeningi zaseNingizimu Afrika ngolwazi oluthembekile kanye nengxoxo yomphakathi eqinile.

Amalungiselelo ayaqhubeka okuqapha nokubhekana nolwazi olungamanga njengoba ukunaka kushintshela emzuliswaneni olandelayo wokhetho lwendawo ngo-2026.