About 70% of the people in Nigerian prisons have never been convicted of any crime
ThisDay newspaper (March 2018)
Prisons service doesn’t have data on how many have been guilty of another crime before
“South Africa ranks among the world’s worst three countries – after the US and Russia – for serial murders and rapes.”
SA Sunday Times newspaper
(March 2018)
No reliable database compares serial murder & rape internationally
"Every 30 seconds a child is stolen in South Africa"
Facebook post
(Jan 2018)
If true, million children would be kidnapped per year
Crime, income, social grants, obesity and migrants. We picked five facts about big South African talking points in 2017.
Demands for an immediate radical reform of Nigeria’s much criticised police are rising. But can a ‘Georgia-solution’ work in Africa’s most populous nation?
South Africa’s police service has released the country’s crime statistics for 2016/17. This factsheet provides a breakdown of the main crimes of public interest.
The governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers state wants investors. One of his selling points is the state’s relative security, claiming that it is safer than 5 others. But is it?
After the murder of young Johannesburg woman Karabo Mokoena (22) – allegedly by her ex-lover – the usual discussion about how to end femicide in South Africa followed. Africa Check vetted 3 figures used by a government minister.
South Africa’s police minister tweeted that the search for missing persons could be eased if people knew the IMEI number of their loved ones’ cellphones. What is this number and can it be used to help find missing persons, even when their phone is off?
A South African activist said in radio interview that a quarter of girls and 17% of boys would be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. This turned out to be an underestimate.