No, SA’s higher education budget has not increased 6 times under Zuma
A South African minister held that the country’s budget for higher education had “multiplied 6 times” under President Jacob Zuma. But treasu...
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President Zuma’s track record: 7 claims about #progress fact-checked
In a series of tweets, the South African presidency presented governmental progress in celebration of President Jacob Zuma 75th birthday. Ou...
Buhari & APC's campaign promises: Appraising 9 pledges 2 years on
Two years ago Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressive Congress government assumed office on the back of promises of cha...
WHO figure wrong: 11% of births in sub-Saharan Africa to teen mothers - not 50%
Until Africa Check started looking into it, the World Health Organization said on the French version of its website that a startling half of...
Does Nigeria have the world's most girls out-of-school, as activist Malala claimed?
Celebrated girls' rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai visited Nigeria where she called for a state of emergency on education. Does she get fu...
SA’s secret-ballot debate: 6 ANC achievements scrutinised
Debating a motion of no confidence, a senior leader of the ruling African National Congress party highlighted several accomplishments attain...
Do only 14% of South Africans read books?
South Africa’s basic education minister often berates the lack of a book-reading culture among South Africans. But is the situation as dire ...
Anti-poverty group misleads with patchwork of data on women’s education in Africa
Anti-poverty campaign group ONE is shining a spotlight on 10 countries, nine of them in Africa, where girls find it “toughest” to get an edu...
Has Nigeria’s president not built even a nursery school, as Jonathan aide claimed?
Muhammadu Buhari is failing the country’s education sector, an adviser of the previous administration has charged. But do his claims make th...