Other Opinions
Top official gets it wrong: Kenya nowhere near seventh in world for Covid-19 vaccination
By: Africa Check 11th May 2021 Amid concerns about vaccine hesitancy in Kenya, on 4 May 2021 the government said it had administered jabs to 887 000 people, two months into its... →
As Twitter opts for Ghana office, Nigeria’s top political parties cast the blame. But did they get it right?
By: Africa Check 7th May 2021 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s decision to base his company’s Africa headquarters in Ghana continues to be debated in Nigeria. Twitter said it was... →
Vaccine literacy is key to address fears and dispel myths
7th May 2021 South Africa urgently needs programmes to address vaccine hesitancy and dispel myths around the Covid-19 vaccines in particular, such as the fear... →
No, more than 99% of Nigerian children under 5 don’t die every year
By: Africa Check 30th April 2021 To mark World Health Day in April 2021, Nigerian non-profit organisation Connected Development made an alarming claim about child mortality. “In... →
Structural Reform: Slow but Steady
29th April 2021 South Africa has now been in a ‘demographic recession’ for six years because the population grew faster than the economy. Our population growth is... →
Nairobi’s Covid-19 positive cases tie Kenyan president, health ministry and major media house in knots
By: Africa Check 22nd April 2021 Thousands in Kenya were stranded in April 2021 after the police blocked major roads around the capital Nairobi to enforce a Covid-19 curfew.... →
South Africa the 12th biggest source of greenhouse gases? Yes, but that’s not the only measure that matters
By: Africa Check 19th April 2021 “South Africa is the world’s 12th-biggest source of greenhouse gases,” Bloomberg Green, the environment section of financial website Bloomberg,... →
I'm shocked, Cyril
16th April 2021 Award-winning columnist, Bhekisisa Mncube, tells President Cyril Ramaphosa that he is shocked to find out that all along, it is matriculants who... →
We are honoured as educators of KwaNongoma
15th April 2021 Today, we are privileged as educators to be part of a ceremony organized by Nongoma Local Municipality to honour and pay tribute to the matric... →
Covid economic fallout, unemployment and the local elections – will DDM fly as the solution? (Part 1)
14th April 2021 In this, the first of a series of opinion articles ahead of the local government elections, political commentator Mike Roussos explores the... →
