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#ManifestoCheck: Verifying 9 claims from the Democratic Alliance’s ‘Rescue Plan for South Africa’
Did the Democratic Alliance get its facts right when it outlined how it would tackle several problem areas if it were voted into power?
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Part 2: More claims from the ANC’s #2019ANCManifestoReview rally fact-checked
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters in 2019. We checked whether the claims made were supported by data.
PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP
#2019ANCManifestoReview: Fact-checking the ruling party’s claims about progress in South Africa
The ANC is reviewing the promises it made to voters five years ago. But some of the successes it claims are not supported by data.
LUCA SOLA / AFP
Raising informed media consumers starts at school
Africa Check has created fact-checking resources for teachers that directly target harmful information.
‘Careful saying that around her!’ Our researcher tells of her first year at Africa Check
South Africa-based Africa Check researcher Kirsten Cosser is more convinced of the value of fact-checking than ever.
The good, the bad and the ugly: we rate South African government websites
South Africans have the right to access government information, so it’s important that agency and department websites work well.