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.

Info Finder is a carefully selected collection of facts and sources on key topics. The English version of the tool covers Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. Africa needed an organisation dedicated to holding public figures accountable for ...

Our values guide how we work together to achieve impact. We act with integrity, collaborate with respect, honour partnerships, and encourage impactful innovation. Grace Wairimu Gichuhi is a ...

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

This guide, published by Africa Check in cooperation with the Institute for Security Studies, explains what a reader needs to know to understand crime statistics and a short history of crime stats in ...

Africa Check is the continent's leading fact-checking organisation. Since launching in 2012, we've set the record straight on thousands of claims. Social media and a fast-paced world make it easy for ...

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South Africa has one of the world’s highest femicide rates. The UNODC recorded the global female homicide rate at roughly 2.2 per 100,000 in 2021. In 2022, South Africa's femicide rate was 12.2 per ...

Africa Check exists to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. On a continent of 55 countries, tens of thousands of media houses, hundreds of thousands of competing organisations ...

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.