In their history, Nigerian universities have not had more than 15 vice-chancellors.
Source: The Guardian newspaper, Nigeria (November 2019)
Available data reveals there have been at least 20 female vice-chancellors.
Five claims about the history of Mombasa, funding to coastal counties, cargo volumes at the port of Mombasa and Kenya’s life expectancy.
Source: President Uhuru Kenyatta (October 2019)
One correct, one mostly correct and three incorrect
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
11 claims about Nigeria’s 'mental health problem'
Source: News organisation Al Jazeera (10 October 2019)
Three correct or mostly correct, one misleading, two unproven, five incorrect
Five claims about South African government achievements since 1994.
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa (8 November 2019)
Two correct, two incorrect, one unproven
Since 2015, he [James Macharia] has been allocated on average 47% of the national development budget.
Source: Kenya’s Standard newspaper, October 2019
Allocations to departments under the minister in the period under review have not been more than 41%.
Information and communications technology contributes 13.9% to Nigeria’s GDP, and oil and gas contributes 8.8%.
Source: Dr Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy (October 2019)
Minister compared a nominal GDP figure with a real GDP figure.