South African Airways has not made a profit since 2011
Source: South African news reports (2018)
SAA last made a profit in the 2010/11 financial year
49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco
Source: Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (October 2018)
Better surveys show South Africa has far fewer smokers.
Mpumalanga is the world’s largest air pollution hotspot.
Source: Greenpeace (October 2018)
Significant flaws in Greenpeace’s research methods-- make for unsound comparisons
Two claims on the size of Gauteng’s economy
Source: Gauteng premier David Makhura (November 2018)
Both claims correct
R8 out of every R10 spent by government goes to salaries of civil servants
Source: Times Live and the Citizen newspapers (October 2018)
R3.52 out of every R10 spent by government in 2017/18 went to civil servant salaries
Two claims on teen suicide in South Africa
Source: Psychiatry Management Group (October 2018)
One incorrect, one mostly correct
Zimbabwe continues to import electricity from South Africa
Source: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (September 2018)
Zimbabwe imports at least 50 MW of electricity from South Africa every day.
Female teachers make up about 68% of the country’s teaching force. But only 36% of principals are women.
Source: Academic Nuraan Davids (August 2018)
72.5% of teachers, 37.3% of principals on state payroll are women
At a recent men’s summit, South Africa’s deputy president quoted several statistics on the violence suffered by women and children. In a fact-check in progress, we look at the first of five claims.
The UN estimates 117% rise in killing of women in South Africa since 2015
Source: Al Jazeera’s Inside Story (August 2018)
117% is from data now withdrawn by Stats SA