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2022 Sona promises: South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa zero for two on state utilities Eskom and Transnet
By: Africa Check 9th February 2023 South African president Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his annual state of the nation address (Sona) on 9 February 2023. Themed #LeaveNoOneBehind,... →
‘Fraudulent and misleading’: why pricey herbal mix touted as a remedy for HIV falls flat
By: Africa Check 6th February 2023 “We would like to share with the world about the discovery of the HIV cure”, begins a lengthy post on Facebook by the Neem Foundation, a... →
‘Nothing under this government’: fact-checking five claims about record of Nigeria’s governing APC party
By: Africa Check 3rd February 2023 With just three weeks left until Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has sought to gut the record... →
What must be done to counter corruption in SA effectively?
3rd February 2023 There is a global problem concerning the levels of corruption in the world. Transparency International produces an annual Corruption Perception... →
State of the Nation Address 2023: Ramaphosa no longer a credible reformer
1st February 2023 Prior to the annual State of the Nation Address, the head of one of the country’s leading think tanks, the Centre for Development and Enterprise... →
Fresh strategic thinking is needed to get the country back on track
30th January 2023 South Africa is a country with enormous potential. It was always going to be a hard place to govern after centuries of discrimination and 48 years... →
‘Almost double the world average’? Debunking government claims about water use in South Africa
By: Africa Check 26th January 2023 As South Africa enters its 16th year of the rolling power outages known as loadshedding, some provinces also face an unreliable water supply. Over... →
Electricity and loadshedding
23rd January 2023 Antonio Gramsci had it right: ‘The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a... →
Influencer makes misleading claims about presidential candidates’ promises to vote-rich northern Nigeria
By: Africa Check 23rd January 2023 Just over a month before Nigeria's critical February 2023 general elections, campaigners are pulling out all the stops to sell their candidates.... →
Fact-checking Kenyan president Ruto’s first roundtable with journalists
By: Africa Check 18th January 2023 For the first time since he was elected, Kenyan president William Ruto invited members of the media to a discussion at State House, his official... →
