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Corruption stunts our freedom in South Africa
19th April 2022 The liberation struggle in South Africa, in Africa and elsewhere in the world where people once lived in chains, was aimed at achieving freedom for... →
‘Battle of Chatham’? Fact-checking 4 claims by Kenyan presidential hopeful Raila Odinga at London thinktank
By: Africa Check 14th April 2022 The frontrunners in Kenya’s August 2022 presidential election recently publicised their agendas to an international audience, making a beeline for... →
Environmental justice before private accumulation
13th April 2022 WHY WE NEED A COMMUNIST PARTY Never before in history has the need for a different, a humane world been more desperately required. Today the... →
Nigeria's education system 'dire'? Grading claims in Business Day editorial
By: Africa Check 7th April 2022 To mark this year’s International Day of Education, Nigeria’s Business Day newspaper turned the spotlight on learning in the country. In a largely... →
SA held hostage by corruption 
5th April 2022 Our economy is too weak to continue withstanding this sustained attack on its resources from corruption. National director of public prosecutions... →
New critical skills list will cut skilled migration rather than expand it
4th April 2022 The government has found reasons to exclude more and more categories of skilled people from the list, leaving 101 identified skills as ‘critical’... →
Unemployment is a strategic focus for BLSA and I want to build on our set of positive interventions that we can look to deliver with government
4th April 2022 I’m calling for your ideas. The unemployment figures last week showed youth unemployment is at a shocking 65.5%. We must do more to change this. I... →
Ramaphosa puts on a good show at investment conference
29th March 2022 The tone was just right. President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t try to sugar-coat our problems at the SA Investment Conference last week. He was direct... →
President Kenyatta did send billions to Mt Kenya counties, but misled on how much Kenya’s economy has grown under his watch
By: Africa Check 28th March 2022 There are no permanent allies or enemies, only permanent interests, the well-travelled saying goes. An example of this is the lead up to Kenya’s... →
White Monopoly mainstream media resorts to gutter journalism to try to destroy the persona of Minister Sisulu: Whose agenda are they serving?
23rd March 2022 There is enough evidence that suggest that, sexist and misogynist arguments are always used by the South African mainstream media against women... →
