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Blog post: Ask Africa Check: Zimbabwean Special Dispensation permit

Recently we teamed up with Lawyers for Human Rights to host a live Twitter Q&A session about the new Zimbabwean Special Dispensation permit (ZSP).

08:52 | 17 November 2014 (GMT)

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Mr President, S. Africa is not the only country giving free housing to the poor

A woman carries her child as the sun sets in the informal settlement of Nkaneng next to Lonmin's platinum smelter in Marikana in July 2013. Photo: AFP/Odd Andersen

No other country has given people houses free of charge because they are poor, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma recently claimed. He is wrong.

12:53 | 6 November 2014 (GMT)

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Does the carnage on SA’s roads claim more lives than AIDS & TB?

In South Africa at least 5,000 people are killed on the country’s roads every year. Or is it closer to 14,000? Or more than those dying of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, as has been claimed?

05:39 | 23 October 2014 (GMT)

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Does S. Africa really employ more civil servants than the US? The claim is false

The size of South Africa’s civil service has increased dramatically in recent years. But are there really more civil servants in SA than in the United States, as has been said? The claim is false.

10:55 | 16 October 2014 (GMT)

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Is Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate 4%, 60% or 95%? Why the data is unreliable

Estimates of Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate range wildly from 4% to 95%. Why is the data so unreliable? We dissected it.

09:03 | 1 October 2014 (GMT)

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Factsheet: FACTSHEET: The new special dispensation permit & what it means for Zimbabweans in SA

All the facts: who qualifies for the new Zimbabwean Special Dispensation permit (ZSP), what the application requirements are and what it will cost.

08:00 | 26 September 2014 (GMT)

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Has Jacob Zuma hurt the fight against AIDS more than Thabo Mbeki?

A photo taken in November 2013 shows staff members of the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg, the largest antiretroviral treatment site in the country, posing behind candles commemorating World Aids Day on December 1. Photo: AFP/Alexander Joe

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille believes President Jacob Zuma has set back the fight against HIV/AIDS far more than his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki. But the evidence shows otherwise.

10:27 | 23 September 2014 (GMT)

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Factsheet: FACTSHEET: South Africa’s official crime statistics for 2013/14

This factsheet provides an overview of key crime trends for the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 as recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS).

01:10 | 19 September 2014 (GMT)

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Is SA bottom of the class in maths and science? WEF ranking is meaningless

A report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked the quality of South Africa’s maths and science education last out of 148 countries. But is the ranking an accurate reflection of the state of schooling in the country?

05:54 | 3 September 2014 (GMT)

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Factsheet: GUIDE: Getting to grips with South Africa’s Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA)

The South African Constitution stipulates that the public and media has the right of access to information. Here is what you need to know about your right to know – an extract from “A Practical Guide to Media Law” by Dario Milo and Pamela Stein.

05:10 | 29 August 2014 (GMT)

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