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Covid-19 vaccine

No, vaccines won’t make you ‘seedless’

“If they can make fruit seedless, they can make YOU seedless too,” reads a graphic doing the rounds on Facebook. It shows photos of seedless melons above a photo of a hand in a surgical glove holding a syringe. It’s clearly a vague and unsubstantiated warning against Covid vaccines.

The graphic…

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Video of former health minister’s speech misleads about South Africa’s Sisonke study of J&J Covid vaccine

A TikTok video widely shared on Facebook in September 2021 shows former South African health minister Dr Zwelini Mkhize talking about Covid-19 vaccines.

In the clip, Mkhize says the country has acquired a number of vaccines. But he adds that “the only way South Africa could access these vaccines…

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ANALYSIS: South African minority party right to be worried over North West crime stats, but lockdown skewed numbers

A Freedom Front Plus leader in North West said the murder rate for the province nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021. Is he right?

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Covid-19 vaccine

No, you don’t have to ‘isolate’ for two weeks after Covid jab to protect others from ‘vaccine shedding’

Nobody tells you that, to protect others, you have to isolate yourself for two weeks after getting the Covid-19 jab. At least, that’s the claim on a graphic posted on Facebook in South Africa.

“As jy ingeënt is teen covid 19 is jy veronderstel om v 2 weke te issoleer om ander te beskerm,” it…

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Elections & political parties

How many registered political parties are there in Nigeria?

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Independent National Electoral Commission FAQ

Short answer

How many registered political parties are there in Nigeria?

There were 91 registered political parties in Nigeria as at February 2019.

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Welfare & population

Which country in Africa has the youngest population?

Source

Pew Research Center: Populations skew older in some of the countries hit hard by COVID-19

Short answer

Which country in Africa has the youngest population?

Niger has the world’s youngest population. Half of Niger’s population is 14 or younger, and the median age is 15.

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Crime & justice

When did the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) sign a peace treaty with the government of Uganda?

Source

Vox Populi: Who will care for the carers? The untold stories of Uganda's refugee-host relationships

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When did the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) sign a peace treaty with the government of Uganda?

On 26 August 2006, the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels signed a peace deal in Juba, South Sudan.

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Welfare & population

What is the divorce rate in South Africa?

Source

Stats SA: Marriages and Divorces 2019

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What is the divorce rate in South Africa?

According to STATS SA’s most recent Marriages and Divorces report, the observed crude divorce rate was 40 divorces per 100,000 estimated resident population in 2019.
There were 23,710 completed divorce forms processed in 2019, a decrease of 6.2% from the 25,284 divorces processed…

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