BREAKING: Nigeria(Super Eagles) have been given the direct entry to the World Cup qualifiers play off. Dr Congo ELIMINATED,” ...

STOP HELPING STRANGERS WITH THEIR PHONES,” warns a frantic message that has been widely shared on Facebook and WhatsApp, where it has been ...

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

IN SHORT: An online image appears to show Samuel Ortom’s ruling membership card, but he has denied that it is real and says he remains a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Talk of ...

In 2026, we expect scams to persist, especially as tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) become more widely used. In this guide, we highlight several scam trends to watch out for and explain ...

As South Africans prepare for the president’s annual address, we look at some of the figures he may highlight.

Are white Afrikaners really being killed “like flies”? Is a white South African farmer being “slaughtered every five days?” Would the number of whites “killed in SA in black on white violence” fill ...

Under the guise of tetanus vaccination, the Unicef and World Health Organisation is supposedly conducting a “mass sterilisation exercise” in Kenya. Or so a French content aggregator of health ...

When a KwaZulu-Natal municipality introduced an academic bursary for young women who can prove that they are virgins it caused an uproar earlier this year. Each time, the same questions arise. How is ...

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.

“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 ...