South African Airways has not made a profit since 2011
Source: South African news reports (2018)
SAA last made a profit in the 2010/11 financial year
China is Kenya’s number one trading partner.
Source: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (November 2018)
China was Kenya’s largest trading partner in 2017.
Two claims on the size of Gauteng’s economy
Source: Gauteng premier David Makhura (November 2018)
Both claims correct
Kenya’s government gets billions of dollars from Kericho’s tea but the county receives nothing.
Source: Kericho governor Paul Chepkwony (September 2018)
Kericho has received levies and taxes from tea.
The current government has put Nigeria into a debt of $80 billion.
Source: Peoples Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Peter Obi (October 2018)
Nigeria’s public debt was $73.2 billion in June 2018.
Three claims on tax and employment in Kenya
Source: Raphael Tuju, secretary-general of the Jubilee Party (September 2018)
One mostly correct, one incorrect, one correct
A prominent South African economist says the country is not actually in recession, but his argument has few takers.
Three claims about Kenya’s tax income and spending on development
Source: Aden Duale, majority leader in the national assembly (September 2018)
One correct, two incorrect
Two claims on the cost of Nigeria’s 2019 elections
Source: Presidential hopeful Kingsley Moghalu
One mostly correct, one incorrect
Two claims on Nigeria’s economy
Source: Export Promotion Council head Olusegun Awolowo (August 2018)
One correct, one mostly correct