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At least 99 voters have deregistered from the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) voter’s roll in the Free State over the past year. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Beware fake information during elections, experts warn

An analysis of fake news on social media platforms during the 2024 elections identified the concerning narrative that undermined the integrity of the Electoral Commission of…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Promises kept or broken? These were some of Ramaphosa’s 2023 Sona pledges

Has the president kept his word on infrastructure, development and education?

Flouting the law: Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams (left) has been suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa for breaking lockdown rules.  (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)

Stella set to retain her perks

Communication minister will keep Cabinet perks during her two months of special leave

Triple isolation: Jade Gibson’s mother was killed by her stepfather. She says silence about domestic violence and femicide leads to silence about it when children grow up. (David Harrison/M&G)

Femicide takes its toll on children

They can develop post-traumatic stress syndrome and may blame themselves for their mother’s death

Trump has made Iran a favourite target since his rapprochement with nuclear-armed North Korea. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

South African politicians resist Trump’s ‘falsehoods’ about South Africa

Deputy president David Mabuza says the US president’s comments are a ‘distortion’

Is South Africa home to more than a million asylum-seekers? The numbers don’t add up

A recent report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees claims that there are more than a million asylum seekers in SA.

Elections: Three final fact-checks of the ANC, DA and EFF’s claims

President Jacob Zuma, Mmusi Maimane and Julius Malema pulled out all the stops in their parties’ final rallies – but also stretched the truth.

Pharma funding for TB research four times less than government funding

Available data shows significantly higher investment by public and philanthropic institutions in TB research than by the pharmaceutical industry.

Semantics: The facade of UCT

Are 41% of South African college students HIV positive?

Africa Check dissects a report claiming that the HIV prevalence rate among students is nearly four times the national estimate.

Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy is one of failure

Five African elections to watch in 2015

With elections scheduled for 15 sub-Saharan countries this year, an Africa Check factsheet looks to the polls for leadership in five volatile states.

The limited findings on HIV rates among sex workers are nevertheless a frightening indication of levels in the cities.

Are 60% of SA’s sex workers HIV positive?

Previous studies to determine how many of South Africa’s 150 000 sex workers are HIV positive have been limited in scope, says Africa Check.

Two weeks after the massacres

What happened in Baga, Nigeria?

Africa Check looks at the facts and figures of what has been called the deadliest attack by Boko Haram in Baga, Nigeria.

amaBhungane’s Lionel Faull talks us through the Nkandla report and what it means for Jacob Zuma

2014: A turbulent year in SA politics

It’s been a stormy year for SA politics. Africa Check looks back at dodgy data, political spin, false claims, bogus qualifications and conspiracies.

DA leader Helen Zille reckons President Jacob Zuma has set back the fight against HIV and Aids more than former president Thabo Mbeki.

Has Jacob Zuma hurt the fight against Aids more than Thabo Mbeki?

Has President Jacob Zuma set back the fight against HIV and Aids more than his predecessor? Helen Zille believes so but the evidence shows otherwise.

Factsheet: South Africa’s official crime stats unpacked

On the day of release, the crime stats were at least six months out of date, meaning the current crime situation could be very different.

Do 40 000 whites own 80% of South Africa?

Land ownership in SA remains heavily skewed across racial lines 20 years after apartheid. But is 80% of it in the hands of 40 000 white families?

The City’s workers convey waste to removal trucks

Do a third of SA women have a baby by the time they are 19?

A health department official, based on data from 1998, has claimed a third of South African women have a child by the age of 19 but does it hold true?

DA responds to Africa Check’s request to Twitter

The Democratic Alliance has replied to a report by non-partisan website Africa Check assessing the party’s Twitter posts on its delivery record.

Falsities and errors on NW Premier Modise’s CV

An official CV for North West Premier Thandi Modise contains a number of false claims and glaring factual inaccuracies, discovered Africa Check.

Is Facebook post that SA is worse off now than 19 years ago true?

Africa Check investigates whether claims in a viral Facebook post about South Africa under the ANC are true. Are we really worse off?