LOCKDOWN CHECK: Do South Africans need ‘proof’ of reason when they leave home under lockdown?
South Africans have been told to stay home for 21 days to fight the spread of Covid-19. Do they need to provide ‘proof’ when they venture ou...
South Africans have been told to stay home for 21 days to fight the spread of Covid-19. Do they need to provide ‘proof’ when they venture ou...
With face masks flying off global shelves due to panic buying, should you also strain every sinew to get one? We take a look at what the sci...
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck … it might be someone impersonating a duck on Twitter. Here’s how to spot a tweeting imposte...
In an open letter to the South African president, one of the country's big labour unions and an organisation representing African migrant co...
Most of the information shared about the extent of rape in South Africa is unsupported. Kate Wilkinson looks at why wrong rape “facts” flour
Many civil society organisations will use South Africa’s soon-to-be-released crime statistics to inform their work. But the African Centre f...
Holding up to scrutiny the claims made by leading figures and institutions, such as the Institute for Race Relations (IRR), is the basis of
Senior police and politicians in South Africa are distorting police data, with implications for budgets and the right to protest, University...
Given the scourge of corruption in South Africa, it is critical that the police reported more detailed statistics on the various crimes that
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