Thousands of migrants have jobs in Eskom, Vodacom and South Africa’s government? No, viral message plain wrong
Harmful rumours about migrants from other African countries get attention on social media in South Africa.
Harmful rumours about migrants from other African countries get attention on social media in South Africa.
Following almost two years of disruptions to South Africa's school calendar, what has been the impact of Covid-19 on education in SA?
An analysis by Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper said over 50% of the country’s people have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus and survived.
Like all major breaking news events, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generated plenty of misinformation.
To curb Covid-19 vaccine misinformation in Nigeria and Senegal, Africa Check has launched innovative local language radio shows.
As the country counts the jobs cost of Covid lockdowns, a pan-African media house tried to work out how many young people are affected.
Africa Check’s Know the Facts Get the Vax multimedia series answers common questions about Covid vaccines.
Several news sites have unfavourably panned the recent deployment of ‘a mere’ 2,500 soldiers to deal with recent unrest.
Experts say recent claims that getting the Covid vaccine will render your life insurance policy invalid are false and scaremongering.
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