Fact-Check — If you don’t vote, is your vote automatically assigned to the ANC?
Voting is one of the few things you can do personally to contribute to the health of democracy. But if you don’t, does your vote end up reco
How not to be duped! And PS, people over 60 don’t automatically get special votes
Has the IEC has permitted people 60 and older to vote before the 29 May polls by applying for a special vote?
Elections 2024: Are you being micro-targeted?
Digital ads have revolutionised how information is disseminated, targeting people through highly personalised messaging.
Promises kept and broken in the African National Congress’ election manifestos: 2019 vs 2024
South Africa’s ruling party made several commitments in its 2019 manifesto. How many were kept & how many made it back to the 2024 version?
State House ‘asking for a bigger budget than all of Kenya’s 47 counties’? Veteran politician Martha Karua’s numbers fall short
Is Kenya's president’s official residence demanding more than the country’s devolved units of government?
As Kenyan president Ruto racks up the air miles, we fact-checked his talking points on taxes and education funding
Ruto is set to visit the US, hot on the heels of trips to Ghana, Guinea and Japan. But do his repeated claims to foreign audiences add up?
Fact Check – was former president Jacob Zuma targeted in a recent car accident?
On 28 March 2024, the car in which former president Jacob Zuma was travelling in KwaZulu-Natal was involved in an accident. Or was it?
Has Lagos governor made the city one of the world's most liveable? Five claims about Nigeria's business capital fact-checked
Responding to journalists, Babajide Sanwo-Olu made notable claims about the state, including that it is below sea level. We looked at five.
Fact check — Is it likely the Western Cape could become an independent state?
Is the promise that the Western Cape could secede from the rest of South Africa actually based on fact?