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South African politicians and the public alike are quick to make claims about migrants to the country. But stereotypes about criminality and draining the economy are not supported by the available ...

Power outages affect livelihoods, the economy and have even claimed lives. Is South Africa approaching a grid failure? We unpack what that would look like and what the government is doing to tackle ...

In 2025, Africa Check investigated over 20 scams circulating online in Nigeria, from Facebook pages impersonating popular commercial banks to fake money-doubling investment opportunities. The risks of ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...

Two claims about the size of the South African Police Service. The numbers cited by Cele for 2010 are largely correct – there were just under 194,000 SAPS officers, close to Cele’s “195,000”, making ...

In June 2025, president Bola Tinubu signed four new tax reform bills into law, bringing big changes to how taxes are managed in Nigeria. After the signing, Zacch Adedeji, the executive chairperson of ...

South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...

Half an hour before the start of her session on the day of the conference, University of the Witwatersrand associate professor Marike Venter de Villiers logged on to the link provided. Forty-five ...

The country has tens of millions of voters. There’s a possibility of a run-off. And victorious candidates will have a full in-tray. We bring you up to speed on one of Africa’s most anticipated ...

As in other places, fears in South Africa centred on the use of “deepfakes” to share “highly realistic fake videos or audio recordings”, as the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa ...

Poor writing, spelling and grammar is a good sign of a scam. Mistakes happen, but a post that tells you to send a message “via send message button bellow” or says you can win something “withing 10 ...