As president Cyril Ramaphosa and members of parliament debated the state of the nation, various figures were shared to show gains.

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. The Department of Basic ...

In a bid to retain power in the only province it governs and appeal to voters nationally, the Democratic Alliance has been keen to highlight its track record in the Western Cape. While the latest ...

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 ...

Africa’s most populous country holds elections – including for president – in February 2023. So far, we’ve spotted 10 types of false information in the campaigns. Published on 10 January 2023 ...

“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 ...

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.

Our values guide how we work together to achieve impact. We act with integrity, collaborate with respect, honour partnerships, and encourage impactful innovation. Lee Mwiti has been editor-in-chief of ...

South Africa has three poverty lines, which represent different degrees of poverty. They were first published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in 2012. The poverty lines were based on spending ...

The Department of Basic Education publishesquarterly data on schools in South Africa. The latest data from quarter three of 2025 lists 644 currently open ordinary (not special needs institutions) ...

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 ...

On April 14 2014, dozens of heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents stormed a government-run boarding secondary school in the town of Chibok in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, abducting scores of ...