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By Citizen Reporter

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Comedian Alfred Ntombela is not dead

A fake news website has been spreading rumours that Ntombela died in a car accident.


Comedian and actor Alfred Ntombela, best known for his character as ‘Shorty’ in Leon Schuster’s movies, is not dead. A fake news website report has been doing the rounds on social media claiming that Ntombela died in a car accident.

Some people on Twitter saw the post and started sending condolences to his family. “Rest in Peace Alfered Ntombela aka ‘Shorty’ who passed away in a car accident this morning. He shall be missed,” one tweeted, getting a retweet from Police Minister Fikile Mbalula.

But social cohesion activist Yusuf Abramjee has tweeted Mbalula, telling him the story was fake news. Talk show host Faizal Sayed also tweeted a picture of himself with the comedian and said the rumours were false.

https://twitter.com/MadVocate_/status/864725568000020481

 

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