No, South Africa didn’t deploy 70,000 soldiers during Covid-19 lockdown
Several news sites have unfavourably panned the recent deployment of ‘a mere’ 2,500 soldiers to deal with recent unrest.
Steaming with Zam-Buk and onions in your socks won’t cure Covid-19
Bayers said Zam-Buk ointment was for external use only. They did not recommend using it for steaming.
Fact-checked: 9 claims about South African schools from Ernst Roets
A member of management for the Afrikaner-rights group AfriForum rubbished the state of South African education. We sorted the wheat from the...
FACTSHEET: Excess deaths in South Africa explained
The number of excess deaths may be a more accurate and concerning measure of the Covid pandemic than the daily death toll. But how are exces
FACTSHEET: How deaths are recorded in South Africa
Covid has trained a spotlight on causes of death and how deaths are recorded across the world. We disentangle what paperwork has to be filed...
No, your life insurance is not ‘null and void’ if you get a Covid-19 vaccine
Experts say recent claims that getting the Covid vaccine will render your life insurance policy invalid are false and scaremongering.