No, you don’t need to avoid these foods and activities during menstruation, claims in viral post are ‘outrageous’
A viral social media post encourages people to stay away from certain foods and activities when menstruating. But is this true?
A viral social media post encourages people to stay away from certain foods and activities when menstruating. But is this true?
A number of South Africans have claimed on social media that monkeypox disproportionally affects men who have sex with men. Is it true?
The Peoples Democratic Party is drawing attention to the record of the governing All Progressives Congress. But are all its claims accurate?
Are residents of Johannesburg losing at least three years of their lives to air pollution?
George Luchiri Wajackoyah says marijuana exports will solve Kenya’s economic problems. But his economics of ganja don’t add up.
Online platforms are replete with examples of false information – from WhatsApp messages punting some miraculous cure for COVID, to social m...
Would the amount saved from keeping the country’s pump prices artificially low be enough to build a new 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery ev...
E-cigarettes continue to be a source of heated debate. We looked at two claims about vaping carried by a South African media outlet.
“Staggering” and “frustrating” were just two of the words Zutobi used to describe the country’s road safety. But did its evidence make the g...
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