IN SHORT: A document doing the rounds on social media in Kenya claims that the president’s aide Farouk Kibet is “wanted” and under investigation by Kenya’s crime investigation unit. But this document ...
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 ...
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 ...
You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. We believe that everyone needs the facts. You can republish the text of this article free of charge, both online ...
The provision of housing in South Africa was described as one of the country’s biggest challenges in 1994. But what is the situation now? How many houses have been delivered? And how many more are ...
Attacks on people living and working on farms and smallholdings in South Africa are a topic of emotive debate. The terms “farm attack” and “farm murders” are popularly used to refer to “certain crimes ...
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 ...
When a KwaZulu-Natal municipality introduced an academic bursary for young women who can prove that they are virgins it caused an uproar earlier this year. Each time, the same questions arise. How is ...
Despite the hype around artificial intelligence, the bigger threat in Africa remains “cheap fakes” and other low-effort forms of information deception. Human rights organisation Amnesty International ...
This guide is a shortened extract from "A Practical Guide to Media Law" by Dario Milo and Pamela Stein, published by LexisNexis. As with the right to freedom of expression, it is trite to say that ...
IN SHORT: Multiple Facebook posts claim that Hausa and Fulani militants killed 10 Igbo people in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria in May 2025. There is no evidence to support this claim and the photos ...
A decrease in poverty and growing middle class are widely seen as desirable features of an economy. In South Africa, the growth of the black middle class in particular is used as a yardstick of sorts ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results