Five claims about South African government achievements since 1994.
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa (8 November 2019)
Two correct, two incorrect, one unproven
Nigeria has 100 million generators in private hands.
Source: 702 radio host Bongani Bingwa (March 2019)
While electricity supply is erratic, there is no data on generator ownership in Nigeria.
Mpumalanga is the world’s largest air pollution hotspot.
Source: Greenpeace (October 2018)
Significant flaws in Greenpeace’s research methods-- make for unsound comparisons
Zimbabwe continues to import electricity from South Africa
Source: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (September 2018)
Zimbabwe imports at least 50 MW of electricity from South Africa every day.
Three claims about Eskom numbers
Source: Viral infographic on social media
Incorrect, correct and exaggerated verdicts
7 claims about Nigeria government's achievements
Source: Democracy Day speech
Ratings ranging from correct and incorrect to misleading
Debating a motion of no confidence, a senior leader of the ruling African National Congress party highlighted several accomplishments attained under their watch. Was Minister Nathi Mthethwa spot on?
President Uhuru Kenyatta is up for re-election in next month’s poll. Do some of the claims made in his party’s new manifesto add up?
Two years ago Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressive Congress government assumed office on the back of promises of change. Are they being met halfway into the president’s tenure?
The head of Africa at the World Economic Forum recently said that only about 20% of Africans have access to electricity. We pulled the data.