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No evidence criminals are claiming to test blood sugar for free only to ‘inject victims with HIV’ – old hoax resurfaces

According to a shocking claim sent to Africa Check by subscribers to our WhatsApp lines, criminals are going around offering ...
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SCAM: South African retailer Pick n Pay not advertising jobs via unverified social media profiles – use official careers portal instead

According to posts doing the rounds on Facebook in South Africa, retail giant Pick n Pay is hiring.The posts read:🚨 JOB ...
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No, Kenya’s ex-attorney general didn’t accuse Nairobi senator of being president’s agent

A graphic circulating on Facebook claims that former Kenyan attorney general and current Democratic Party leader Justin ...
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Fake: Kenya’s national exams body dismisses 2026 ad for 230,000 jobs

A job advert circulating on Facebook claims that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is recruiting 230,000 ...
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No, Kenya’s president was not issued an ICC ‘red alert’ as claimed online

Posts shared on Facebook and TikTok, as well as a longer video on YouTube are titled: “Ruto Kwisha. Ruto receives ICC red ...
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South Africa’s roads agency dismisses claim that ‘80% of its staff is foreign nationals’

Social media posts are claiming that 80% of staff at South Africa’s roads agency are “foreign nationals”. But Sanral has ...
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#LGE2026: Seven claims from the DA’s election manifesto fact-checked

South Africa’s second-largest political party is campaigning on a promise to get the country’s towns and cities “working for ...
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#LGE2026: What South Africa’s major parties are promising voters in the local elections

Africa Check reviewed the 2026 local-election manifestos of six of the eight largest parties in the National Assembly, ...
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HISTORY CHECK: Mystery solved? On the trail of much-shared photo supposedly of Putin, Machel and Mnangagwa in the 1970s

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a grainy photo has resurfaced with the claim it shows Vladimir Putin training African freedom fighters – including Mozambique’s Samora Machel and Zimbabwe’s ...
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Buckle up! We fell down the White Spiritual Boy Trust rabbit hole

Charges were laid at a Johannesburg police station in April, accusing South African president Cyril Ramaphosa of serious crimes from racketeering and high treason to theft and murder. We sifted ...
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FACTSHEET: Nigeria rebases its economy again – here’s what sets it apart

In mid-2025, Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) updated how it calculates gross domestic product or GDP, changing the base year from 2010 to 2019. Even so, the new figure fell short of ...
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A quick guide to commissions of inquiry in South Africa

The Madlanga commission of inquiry, chaired by deputy chief justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, is set to begin its hearings on 17 September 2025. It was established after explosive allegations by a senior ...