Mahlatse Mokgope is a Journalism and Media Studies student at Rhodes University. Her work explores literacy and digital culture within the context of politics. You can find some of her latest reporting on Grocott’s Mail.

This podcast explores how artificial intelligence and social media blur the line between reality and deception. It examines cloned voices, fabricated stories and online manipulation, asking how these trends affect freedom of expression.

Created with Gen Z listeners in mind, the work encourages critical thinking, media literacy and verification in a world where fake content increasingly resembles the truth.