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Men in Black Doeks launch Women’s Day campaign against GBV
5th August 2021 The Men in Black Doeks will be speaking out for change at various events, while wearing their black doeks, to raise awareness of gender-based... →
Pit toilets in a pandemic: Limpopo schools still face challenges
4th August 2021 Kharivha Primary School in northern Limpopo has had a water problem for years. It relies on a community tap outside the school. It also has only... →
100 pupils to a teacher? Fact-checking widely read claims about education in Nigeria
By: Africa Check 3rd August 2021 In an article about the “menace” of Nigeria’s out-of-school children, columnist Jerome-Mario Utomi made several claims about education in the... →
#Phoenix22: Black lives don’t matter
30th July 2021 Perhaps this depends on who died or who did the killing, as in the #Phoenix22 killings, writes our award-winning columnist Bhekisisa Mncube in his... →
No, South Africa does not account for ‘50% of global mining deaths’
By: Africa Check 28th July 2021 “About 50% of global mining deaths occur in South Africa. Yet no single mining executive has been held accountable,” reads a tweet with more than... →
Are the youth too woke to dream?
28th July 2021 South Africa is exhausted. With high unemployment and few prospects, the youth are hopeless. Perhaps what we need is to regroup and dare to dream... →
If the unrest showed us anything, it is that Cyril’s ‘long game’ has failed
26th July 2021 ANC politics aside, Ramaphosa must use this moment to boldly stamp his authority on the government, writes Ann Bernstein. ‘The threat to our... →
We need to revisit peaceful means of protest
26th July 2021 It is worth looking again at the many peaceful forms of protest action available to citizens, says Ashley Roman, Programme Research and Partnership... →
Just political brinkmanship
23rd July 2021 Mr President, we have to accept that there was no intelligence product generated and distributed ahead of the recent political upheavals, just like... →
Only a Chapter Nine Integrity Commission can counter the corrupt
23rd July 2021 The jury may still be out in relation to responsibility for the riots, looting, protests and pillage that marred the run up to Nelson Mandela’s... →
