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ANALYSIS: No, that’s not Duduzane Zuma’s Twitter account. Here’s why
A Twitter account impersonating former South African President Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane Zuma, regularly dupes people into believing it's the 36-year-old...
In his 18 March state of the city address, the City of Ekurhuleni’s executive mayor, Mzwandile Masina proposed using the municipality’s emergency funds “to procure the vaccine Inferon B from Cuba”.
With viral broadcast messages on social media platforms, at times, spreading incorrect information, Eyewitness News spoke to Africa Check to find out how to spot fake news and what to do when you receive messages that may have false content.
A tweet by Africa Check dating back to 2016 began making the rounds again on Monday. The tweet had requested a response to a query regarding Pravin Gordhan's qualifications.
The president told residents in Alexandra last week that government had built four million houses in the country and plans to build an additional one million in the next five years.
The fact-checking organisation said the government has only built just over three million houses in the past 25 years.
A media statement and tweet from the South African police said the photos showed the opening of the new Chinese Community and Police Cooperation Centre in Newton Park, Port Elizabeth.
Africa Check takes a look at the comments by Police Minister Bheki Cele about undocumented migrants in the country.
In July 2018, public data found an estimated yearly average of 1.75 doctors per 1,000 patients in the private sector between 2010 and 2014.
A year after Mashaba made the claim, the Mayor has questioned the "relevance" of the data but has stopped short of admitting he made a mistake.
In a story about a cancer screening event, a reporter in _ThisDay_ newspaper claimed that “at least 10 Nigerians die from cancer every hour”.
At first glance, it's easy to spot that this is, in fact, a hoax because Woolworths is spelt with only one capital 'W'. Also, there are a number of grammatical errors in the text.
Africa Check fact checks Afriforum’s claim that close to 80% of personal income tax is contributed by 1.7 million individuals.
In a series of tweets, the South African Presidency presented governmental progress in celebration of President Jacob Zuma 75th birthday. Africa Check readers voted for these 7 claims to be fact-checked.
TV programme Carte Blanche's hard-hitting figure that “almost one-third of Malawi’s population” live in South Africa is completely off-point.
Africa Check says it’s inaccurate that 7 million girls in SA miss school every month because of periods.
Africa Check unpacks the comments made by President Zuma in his 2015 Sona.
Africa Check asks if the country will be plunged into weeks of darkness.
Africa Check says land ownership remains heavily skewed across racial lines.