Access to electricity higher than 36% in 1994, despite claims by South Africa’s ruling party
The ANC’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula has repeated an incorrect claim about access to electricity in 1994.
The ANC’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula has repeated an incorrect claim about access to electricity in 1994.
Several media publications have repeated an incorrect claim about the number of South Africans who get social grants.
Scarce data is just one obstacle to combatting sexual violence.
Menstrual products brand StayFree makes two big claims in its ads on social media, but there’s very little research to back them up.
Africa Check has created fact-checking resources for teachers that directly target harmful information.
The claim that there are “15 million undocumented immigrants” in South Africa is back on Twitter, and it is still not true.
According to various experts, water consumption by consumers in Gauteng is not particularly high.
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