As president Cyril Ramaphosa and members of parliament debated the state of the nation, various figures were shared to show ...

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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: Social media posts about a R1,200 grant for HIV-positive people being introduced by the South African health department in 2026 are false. None of these rumours come from a reliable source, ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...

As South Africans prepare for the president’s annual address, we look at some of the figures he may highlight.

Controversy over Nigeria’s census figures is nothing new. Accusations that the country’s official population figures had been rigged date back to the 1950s and have continued unabated under military ...

“Is Johannesburg, seriously, the largest man-made forest in the world?” It is a question Talk Radio 702 host Jenny Crwys-Williams put to Africa Check's Southern Africa Editor, Julian Rademeyer, during ...

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 ...

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 ...

The murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana has led to protest against femicide in South Africa. We answer five questions about the murder of women. South Africans have been horrified by the murder of University ...