As public hearings to select the next UN secretary-general approached, a dubious poll placed the ex-Senegal president as the ...

The landed cost – the largest single component – covers the international purchase price of fuel, the exchange rate used to ...

The South African Police Service records statistics on sexual offences against victims under the age of 18. In 2024/25, a ...

An outbreak of hantavirus in May 2026 has dominated global headlines, amid fears of a new global pandemic. But despite three deaths associated with the initial outbreak, there’s no reason to panic.

A politician and a bureaucrat sparred, reigniting a common complaint that in Kenya, fuel prices shoot up fast but barely come ...

Attacks on people living and working on farms and smallholdings in South Africa are a topic of emotive debate. The terms “farm attack” and “farm murders” are popularly used to refer to “certain crimes ...

South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...

“Is Johannesburg, seriously, the largest man-made forest in the world?” It is a question Talk Radio 702 host Jenny Crwys-Williams put to Africa Check's Southern Africa Editor, Julian Rademeyer, during ...

South Sudanese who sank their hard-earned money into a “US venture capital firm” promising breathtaking returns are worried. They have reason to be – there are many signs that Silicone Valley Shares ...

As one of South Africa’s most pressing problems, rape levels in the country get discussed and reported on often. And as a result, many of the statistics used cross our desks here at Africa Check.

As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, online claims about their contribution to farming back home went viral. But much like the refugee narrative itself, any numbers ...