The Teacher Demographic Dividend project by Stellenbosch University tracks the need for and availability of teachers in South Africa. Researchers found that 49% of all government-employed teachers ...
Amid rising hostility towards international migrants, anti-migrant protests have spread across South Africa in 2026. Some have involved intimidation, the denial of access to public services and fatal ...
What has become known as the Phala Phala scandal has followed South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa through his second term in office, drawing in some of South Africa's most powerful institutions ...
The South African Police Service records statistics on sexual offences against victims under the age of 18. In 2024/25, a total of 22,055 sexual offences were reported, which includes rape as well as ...
IN SHORT: Social media posts advertising a drug called “Gammora” claim that it can treat and even “cure” HIV. But these claims are false. Gammora is not available for sale anywhere – these ...
The Teacher Demographic Dividend project by Stellenbosch University tracks the need for and availability of teachers in South Africa.Researchers found that 49% of all government-employed teachers were ...
There’s no denying that murder rates in South Africa are high. But two bold claims published by the widely read Guardian newspaper still caught our attention. The newspaper said that South Africa’s ...
In mid-2025, Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) updated how it calculates gross domestic product or GDP, changing the base year from 2010 to 2019. Even so, the new figure fell short 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 ...
IN SHORT: Facebook pages claim that drinking a mixture of these three ingredients can lower blood sugar. But it’s best to see a doctor as high blood sugar can have serious consequences and requires ...
IN SHORT: A Facebook post claims a “two-in-one active formula” can cure chronic kidney disease and reverse all kidney problems. But there is no cure for chronic kidney disease, and a kidney specialist ...
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 ...
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