How much schooling time did South Africa’s kids lose to Covid? Probably a year
Following almost two years of disruptions to South Africa's school calendar, what has been the impact of Covid-19 on education in SA?
Following almost two years of disruptions to South Africa's school calendar, what has been the impact of Covid-19 on education in SA?
With Nigeria set to hold elections next year, the search for a new president is gathering momentum. But does a claim about the current leade...
A leading national newspaper made several claims about Nigeria’s education sector. We took a closer look at six of them.
Like all major breaking news events, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generated plenty of misinformation.
An article published in many Nigerian newspapers made several claims about the state of learning in the country. We took a look at them.
A member of management for the Afrikaner-rights group AfriForum rubbished the state of South African education. We sorted the wheat from the...
In a widely listened-to podcast, the BBC made the startling claim that more than a million Africans die each year on the continent’s roads. ...
Was there a 64% drop in gender-based violence in 2020? Will half of grade 1 pupils never make it to their school-leaving exams? We check the...
Facebook message claims that universities are no longer accepting current matric students due to leak of exam papers, we checked the claims.
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