Eight of 10 claims from Obiageli Ezekwesili's presidential manifesto
Source:
Three correct, two mostly correct, two incorrect, one unproven.
Eight claims from the ANC’s 2019 "January 8th statement"
Source: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa
Three correct, two mostly correct, one incorrect, two misleading
We have less than 500,000 mortgages. I think it is probably closer to 200,000 mortgages.
Source: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
There were 26,178 home mortgages in Kenya as at December 2017.
During its 2014 election campaign, the African National Congress promised to enrol a record number of students in TVET colleges. Five years later we check if they kept their word.
60% of South African TVET colleges remain dysfunctional
Source: Democratic Alliance MP Yusuf Cassim (October 2018)
Claim based on old pass rate for one qualification
Nairobi makes KSh10 billion from Murang’a county water every year.
Source: Murang’a county governor Mwangi wa Iria (October 2018)
Nairobi earned KSh5.1 billion from sale of water in 2016/17 - and not all from Murang'a.
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.
China is Kenya’s number one trading partner.
Source: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (November 2018)
China was Kenya’s largest trading partner in 2017.
Mpumalanga is the world’s largest air pollution hotspot.
Source: Greenpeace (October 2018)
Significant flaws in Greenpeace’s research methods-- make for unsound comparisons