electricity
US ambassador to Kenya Margaret 'Meg' Whitman ‘loves to muck around with data’ – but do her numbers pass the accuracy test?
The American envoy has been working hard to sell her current posting as an attractive investment destination.
Access to electricity higher than 36% in 1994, despite claims by South Africa’s ruling party
The ANC’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula has repeated an incorrect claim about access to electricity in 1994.
Debating the state of the nation: South African MPs' claims about crime, education, service delivery and more scrutinised
We checked seven claims made during the 2023 state of the nation debates.
Overstaffing and billions in salaries? Fact-checking viral claims about South Africa’s power utility Eskom
Is it true that the ailing power utility is overstaffed by 66%, costing billions of rands in excess salaries?
Fact-checked: South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s sixth state of the nation address
Ramaphosa took to the dais at Cape Town’s city hall to deliver the 2022 state of the nation address. Did he get all his facts right?
LOCAL ELECTION FACTSHEET: Electricity in South Africa
We look at what the statistics reveal about grid electricity supply in our nine provinces, and how it has changed since 1994.
Are there ‘100 million generators in private hands’ in Nigeria?
South Africa has been experiencing frequent blackouts, radio host claims Nigeria has 100 million generators in private hands.