Users on Facebook, Instagram and X have shared the same “BREAKING NEWS” message, claiming that “A CURE FOR HIV/AIDS HAS JUST ...

As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, claims about their contribution to farming back home ...

The people of Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria are set to elect a new governor on 8 November 2025.Election campaigning ...

Ivory Coast on fire: How malign actors coordinated online coup that never happened ...

Hofmeyr declined to reveal his sources to Africa Check but later stated on Twitter: “Our unpopular pie-chart is from a book by Vusi Tshabalala and merely highlites the lie of white on black genocide ...

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.

A video circulating on social media appears to show US rapper Eminem implying support for South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and discrediting the ruling African ...

In 1998, farm attacks and murders were made a priority crime with its own priority committee - like other priority crimes such as gang violence, taxi violence and cash-in-transit robberies. The police ...

A document posted on Facebook claims the South Sudanese government has expelled the US ambassador and ordered the closure of its embassy in the capital, Juba.. The letter, titled “Expulsion of the US ...

“Now in their 12th year, these awards honour individuals who work tirelessly and with excellence to champion the use of factual information. Their efforts form a cornerstone of transparency and trust ...

“France embassy is set on fire in Democratic Republic of the Congo,” reads the common caption for a TikTok video circulating on Facebook and X, previously known as Twitter, since 11 February 2024. The ...

The manifesto begins with a foreword from party leader Julius Malema. The emphasis on land, Malema writes, is “from the fact that 30 years since the attainment of political freedom, 80% of the ...