As president Cyril Ramaphosa and members of parliament debated the state of the nation, various figures were shared to show ...
IN SHORT: Claims that South Africa’s government is “removing” English from public schools have been circulating on social media. This may be a misinterpretation of recent efforts to expand ...
IN SHORT: A document circulating on Facebook claims Rwanda has severed diplomatic relations with the United States after sanctions were imposed on Rwanda’s military. But a government spokesperson says ...
As South Africans prepare for the president’s annual address, we look at some of the figures he may highlight.
Veteran South African politician Zille clashed with radio host Anele Mdoda, making claims about water infrastructure in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We tested them for accuracy. Zille was correct about ...
Two claims about the size of the South African Police Service. The numbers cited by Cele for 2010 are largely correct – there were just under 194,000 SAPS officers, close to Cele’s “195,000”, making ...
How many adolescents have mental illness? And how many get the care they need? A South African news article’s statistics may be outdated and from another country, but its message rings true: mental ...
30,000 children “trafficked” into the sex trade every year in South Africa; 30,000 children “currently” being prostituted in South Africa. Human trafficking is rife in South Africa, if recent press ...
South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. Politicians often bandy about claims about employment in an attempt to score political points. When the claims sound too good (or ...
“Hippos are the mammals that kill the most people in Africa, yet their diet consists of only grass,” reads a meme going around Facebook in South Africa. “If hippos don’t kill people for food, why do ...
South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...
IN SHORT: An online message from 2021 has resurfaced in Kenya claiming that all WhatsApp calls will be recorded, social media monitored, and that “devices will connect to the ministry system”. But ...
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