Other Opinions
Local government elections – what to watch for
8th October 2021 Pity the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). They have about 30 days to prepare, print and distribute ballot papers for more than 60 000... →
Young South African shares important mental health lessons learnt on her entrepreneurial journey
6th October 2021 Entrepreneurship can be quite taxing and, literally, depressing. It's an isolated journey that one has to walk through to fully understand. It's... →
Frozen out? Checking claims about women’s participation in Nigerian politics
By: Africa Check 6th October 2021 In a September 2021 opinion piece highlighting women’s exclusion from high-level politics in Nigeria, Nnedinso Ogaziechi made several claims. The... →
Vote for those who will actually end corruption
29th September 2021 Accountability Now, an NGO dedicated to exacting accountability and upholding the constitution in South Africa, is calling on voters to focus on... →
The political economy of social unrest
29th September 2021 The social unrest experienced in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal last month has created huge debates in society. There is no consensus, even amongst... →
Have one in 10 Kenyan girls been cut since the start of the Covid pandemic? Claims about female genital mutilation in Kenya, checked
By: Africa Check 29th September 2021 There has been a renewed focus on female genital mutilation in the Kenyan press in recent months. An article published in Kenyan daily the Star... →
HEALTH CHECK: Unsafe abortion and maternal mortality in Nigeria
By: Africa Check 29th September 2021 Unsafe abortions caused 11% of the pregnancy-related deaths of women in Nigeria, Dr Habeeb Salami claimed at a September 2021 training workshop in... →
Did journalists’ TV ‘hangout’ get facts about healthcare in Nigeria right?
By: Africa Check 14th September 2021 If a doctors’ strike during Nigeria’s third Covid-19 wave and a deadly cholera outbreak wasn’t hard enough, health professionals were “rushing” to... →
President Ramaphosa: How do you sleep at night?
10th September 2021 The ANC’s inability to run a tight ship at party level is a sad indictment of its current leadership especially its President Cyril Ramaphosa,... →
Are 20 000 Nigerian doctors practising in the US, compared to 50 000 in the country?
By: Africa Check 10th September 2021 Offering better welfare packages would stem the loss of Nigeria’s doctors to other countries, according to a leading medic. Prof Oladapo Ashiru is... →
