fact-checking
COMMENT: The International Criminal Court is a bully, and other popular myths
South African politicians defend Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir fleeing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, saying the ICC is
COMMENT: The power of one HIV/AIDS fact-check
Africa Check receives a never ending stream of HIV/AIDS “cure” spam. Kate Wilkinson hopes that we are helping to turn the tide on these lies
COMMENT: Searching for Africa Check
Many readers locate Africa Check's reports with search terms that are at times entertaining, revealing or downright bizarre. Anim van Wyk ke...
Why fact-checking matters
From the embattled streets of Ukraine or Egypt to the voter lines at elections in South Africa, fact-checking matters. Africa Check's direct...
Where does the Democratic Alliance get its facts?
You would think that a political party that regularly boasts about its successes on Twitter would have the evidence to back up the claims.
A year in review: truth and lies in 2013
Here we take a look back at some of those reports and the types of inaccuracies we have encountered.
Ten top tips for checking your facts
Checking the accuracy of a blog post, article or feature piece can be tedious. But credibility is the most important important thing any wri