Eight claims about South Africa's progress
Source: Former South African president Jacob Zuma and current president Cyril Ramaphosa (2016 to 2019)
Four correct, three incorrect, one unproven
Kenya’s parliament approves county funding based on five-year-old revenue data
Source: Former governor Isaac Ruto (May 2019)
Division of revenue legislation for 2018/19 and 2019/20 both based on five-year-old revenue accounts
Does being single kill faster than obesity? Can you sue over an opinion poll? Just how much does Nigeria owe China? Some claims push back at fact-checkers. Here’s why.
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.
R8 out of every R10 spent by government goes to salaries of civil servants
Source: Times Live and the Citizen newspapers (October 2018)
R3.52 out of every R10 spent by government in 2017/18 went to civil servant salaries
South Africa spends about seven times more per head on healthcare than Nigeria does
Source:
Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper
(Feb 2018)
In 2015, Nigeria spent US$97 pp & SA US$471
After a delayed opening, South Africa’s parliament kicked into high gear with a full day of debate on the 2018 State of the Nation Address.
South Africa’s 2018 State of the Nation Address was postponed for more than a week as the presidency changed hands from Jacob Zuma to Cyril Ramaphosa. How did Ramaphosa fare fact-wise in his maiden address?
A parked bulldozer and piles of sand awaited Africa Check when we went to verify whether President Jacob Zuma has kept his promise of a high court for Mpumalanga.
Kenya’s civil servant pay levels continue to attract national debate. Is the situation as bad as the deputy president recently depicted?