GUIDE: Vetting claims about legislation in South Africa
New laws are often the target of misinformation because of their political and economic impact. Here are tips to avoid these false claims.
New laws are often the target of misinformation because of their political and economic impact. Here are tips to avoid these false claims.
What could possibly be difficult about verifying simple claims about the economic impact of M-Pesa, a pioneering Kenyan innovation?
Africa Check’s editors in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa look back on a decade-long effort to improve voters’ decisions.
When I first proposed the idea of Africa Check, I was told it would be a fool’s errand to set up a fact-checking operation on the continent....
The idea was discussed in a Paris coffee shop. Ten years later, Africa Check has reached and succeeded those ambitions.
Every year we look into dozens of claims that affect the public debate. We rounded up 10 that touched on Africa’s largest economy.
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A prominent South African economist says the country is not actually in recession, but his argument has few takers.
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