Amid a surge in anti-migrant sentiment, we test three common narratives driving South Africa’s migration debate against the ...
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 ...
IN SHORT: Three Facebook pages are offering Kenyans motorbikes on credit on attractive terms. However, do not be duped into paying any money – they are all scams. They also require users to provide ...
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 ...
IN SHORT: Claims that South Africa’s election commission is offering a “2026 recruitment intake” through dodgy-looking links on Facebook are scams. Be wary: legitimate IEC vacancies will be posted to ...
A car crash on a major highway in south-west Nigeria that injured world-famous boxer Anthony Joshua and killed two of his close associates drew global attention in late 2025, renewing concerns about ...
IN SHORT: Facebook pages are advertising an investment scheme called Norland. But be warned, the pages and platform are run by scammers. None of the official pages belonging to the news agencies ...
Africa’s most populous country holds elections – including for president – in February 2023. So far, we’ve spotted 10 types of false information in the campaigns. Published on 10 January 2023 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“Hippos are the mammals that kill the most people in Africa, yet their diet consists of only grass,” reads a meme going around Facebook in South Africa. “If hippos don’t kill people for food, why do ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results