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“Mnangagwa driving bus” picture not related to funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

The picture was captured in 2020, and it has nothing to do with the Queen’s funeral that happened on September 19, 2022.

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Verified Sep, 20 2022

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Smart Eagles among other social media pages posted pictures of Queen Elizabeth the second’s funeral and among the pictures is a picture showing Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe, in the driving seat of a bus. It has been claimed that the Zimbabwean president was driving other African leaders to the Queen’s funeral.

Rating Justification

iVerify Zambia has determined as misleading the claim by Smart Eagles and other Social media platforms that President Mnangwagwa was driving other African leaders to the Queen’s funeral. iVerify Zambia conducted a Google Reverse Image on the picture and the image source shows the @ZimEye twitter handle and the picture was posted on March 7 2020. The Picture has nothing to do with the Queen’s funeral.

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