Africa Check corrected its verdict that she was wrong to claim that Johannesburg spends less on maintenance than any other ...

Fellows from Algeria, Lesotho, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda wrapped up a two-week programme aimed at boosting information resilience.

Anambra’s 2021 governor election saw issues related to administration and security, and electoral malpractice in the form of ...

A photograph of a woman dressed in orange struggling with another woman in police uniform has been widely shared in South ...

IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp claims that Sasol is accepting applications as part of a large learnership and training programme for 2025, with stipends of up to R15,000 and ...

IN SHORT: A photo has been posted to Facebook with the claim it shows Ugandan primary school pupils writing exams while seated outside on the bare ground. But the photo is from South Sudan. A photo is ...

IN SHORT: According to several Facebook posts, Nigeria’s senate president Godswill Akpabio told US president Donald Trump to focus on the US instead of Nigeria. But the state attributed to Akpabio has ...

IN SHORT: A video showing US president Donald Trump apparently urging Ugandans not to forgive their president, Yoweri Museveni, until he steps down and retires from politics has gone viral online.

IN SHORT: A claim that Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is critically ill and in hospital is circulating on social media. However, there is no evidence to support it. Two graphics circulating on ...

IN SHORT: The Nigeria Forest Security Service is not recruiting. Interested social media users should ignore posts encouraging them to apply from 11 November 2025, and check the service’s official ...

IN SHORT: According to some Facebook posts, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said “Nigeria would have become a completely Islamized country” without Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the ...

IN SHORT: Some social media posts claim that the matriculation exam is no longer required for entry to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. However, the education ministry says this is not true. The ...