The South African government has successfully increased the contribution of clean energy from 0% in 2010 to over 4.5% within five years.
Source: Gwede Mantashe, minister of mineral resources and energy (October 2019)
Official data supports the claim, and experts back it up.
Half the kids who drink before the age of 18 develop alcohol dependency.
Source: Aware.org street poster in South Africa (September 2019)
The US study given as evidence for the claim doesn’t support it. South African research doesn’t either.
South African Airways has 55,500 employees.
Source: Online graphic (2019)
The airline had 5,752 employees in 2017.
The facts are clear: animal abusers will abuse fellow humans, including vulnerable children and women.
Source: Cape of Good Hope SPCA (October 2019)
No proof of direct link from animal abuse to human abuse
Five claims about South African government achievements since 1994.
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa (8 November 2019)
Two correct, two incorrect, one unproven
Skyscrapers are jostling to top Johannesburg’s Carlton Centre as the king of the African skies. The official title can be a bit elusive, making some contenders a little hasty.
South Africa is the only country in Africa that releases crime statistics
Source: South African Minister of Police Bheki Cele (12 September 2019)
Various researchers pointed Africa Check to crime statistics released by other African countries.
Be careful before you share a video or picture of xenophobic violence in South Africa. Many of them are from unrelated incidents.
80% of Johannesburg’s inner city is inhabited by foreign nationals
Source: Former police deputy minister Bongani Mkongi
2011 census data and a survey involving the provincial government shows far fewer people living in the inner city were born in another country
The murder of a university student in South Africa has led to national soul searching and debate over violence against women. Africa Check summarises the available research on the issue.