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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 ...

Video of woman saying she ‘cannot work with South Africans’ AI-generated – no evidence she was fined for employing ‘undocumented migrants’ ...

Our values guide how we work together to achieve impact. We act with integrity, collaborate with respect, honour partnerships, and encourage impactful innovation. Catherine Adeniyi is a Researcher at ...

30,000 children “trafficked” into the sex trade every year in South Africa; 30,000 children “currently” being prostituted in South Africa. Human trafficking is rife in South Africa, if recent press ...

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 ...

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 ...

1.1 How many pupils qualify for university study? Replacing South Africa’s senior certificate in 2008, the national senior certificate now serves as South Africa’s major school-leaving qualification.

As president Cyril Ramaphosa and members of parliament debated the state of the nation, various figures were shared to show gains, or a lack thereof. Those claims will likely be put to the test due to ...

Anti-immigrant groups have set 30 June 2026 as a “deadline” for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa. This is not a government directive, and it has no effect on anyone’s immigration status.

South African publication the Daily Maverick recently published a glowing opinion piece on Kenya’s growth trajectory, often contrasting it with South Africa’s. The author made several statements of ...

South African politicians and the public alike are quick to make claims about migrants to the country. But stereotypes about criminality and draining the economy are not supported by the available ...