Right of reply: Foundation for a Smoke-Free World on smoking in South Africa
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has responded to our fact-check of their claim that half of men and a third of women in South Africa s
The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World has responded to our fact-check of their claim that half of men and a third of women in South Africa s
Politicsweb has challenged the conclusion that the data needed to calculate a farm murder rate simply doesn’t exist by producing its own fac...
A prominent South African economist says the country is not actually in recession, but his argument has few takers.
South Africa’s annual crime statistics provide important, useful information. But a calculation error in this year’s stats has skewed crime ...
Demands for an immediate radical reform of Nigeria’s much criticised police are rising. But can a ‘Georgia-solution’ work in Africa’s most p
In an open letter to the South African president, one of the country's big labour unions and an organisation representing African migrant co...
Fear of crime remains high but the evidence suggests that people in South Africa are about half as likely to be physically assaulted or kill...
Most of the information shared about the extent of rape in South Africa is unsupported. Kate Wilkinson looks at why wrong rape “facts” flour
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