Fact-checking the ANC’s January 8th claims about progress – and what the party said in response
The African National Congress is keen to demonstrate its successes ahead of South African national elections in 2024.
The African National Congress is keen to demonstrate its successes ahead of South African national elections in 2024.
A number of sceptical readers asked us to take a closer look at pronouncements made by the president at the ANC’s review of its manifesto.
As he tried to reignite the enthusiasm of a wearied nation, did the president get his facts right? As we found out, it's all in the details.
SA’s latest quarterly crime statistics reveal where and how these crimes happen, but we must understand the data and trends in context.
Following almost two years of disruptions to South Africa's school calendar, what has been the impact of Covid-19 on education in SA?
A Freedom Front Plus leader in North West said the murder rate for the province nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021. Is he right?
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.
This slogan from a recent protest in South Africa’s largest city may grab attention, but little data there is so far firmly contradicts it.
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