HISTORY CHECK: Did 1918 Spanish flu ‘decimate more than 300,000’ South Africans in just two years?
Did the 1918 influenza pandemic kill more than 300,000 South Africans in two years, as cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zum...
Did the 1918 influenza pandemic kill more than 300,000 South Africans in two years, as cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zum...
If you use WhatsApp, you probably know a lot of false information is shared on the messaging service. But could group admins be held legally...
If you use WhatsApp, you probably know a lot of false information is shared on the messaging service. But could group admins be held legally...
The Gauteng government has increased the number of food parcels it distributes to food insecure South Africans, in light of the lockdown put...
South Africans have been told to stay home for 21 days to fight the spread of Covid-19. Do they need to provide ‘proof’ when they venture ou...
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck … it might be someone impersonating a duck on Twitter. Here’s how to spot a tweeting imposte...
The World Bank's inequality rankings place South Africa at the top. Is this a “harsh exaggeration”, as politician Baleka Mbete said in an in...
Did poor people lose money from the looting of VBS Mutual Bank? The South African government’s guarantee of up to R100,000 per depositor mea...
Dismissive quotes about white people have been attributed to Samora Machel and used in South Africa’s parliament. But experts – including Ma...
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