Other Opinions
Hit or miss? Fact-checking former lawmaker Dakuku Peterside's statistics advising Nigeria's new education minister
By: Africa Check 12th November 2024 Nigeria's new education minister, Dr Tunji Alausa, is still getting used to the job after being appointed on 24 October 2024 following a cabinet... →
Did former governor Uduaghan ‘remarkably’ cut infant mortality in Nigeria’s Delta state by more than half, as glowing column claims?
By: Africa Check 5th November 2024 In a glowing column for the Nigerian newspaper This Day, Chike Ogeah, a former Delta state commissioner, praised the health record of former... →
Mind Matters: The Hidden Epidemic – Confronting South Africa's Mental Health Challenges
5th November 2024 South Africa faces a mental health crisis that remains largely hidden beneath layers of stigma, inadequate resources, and insufficient... →
Youth network launches a national Men Enough campaign to encourage men to embrace healthy masculinity
5th November 2024 To realise a gender-just and violence-free society, men need to unlearn toxic masculinity and be empowered to embrace healthy ideals of masculinity... →
The good, the bad and the ugly: South Africa's competition policy
4th November 2024 South Africa’s competition landscape is under intense scrutiny following the Competition Tribunal’s recent decision to block Vodacom’s R14-billion... →
50 fact-checking organisations in Africa sign pact on information integrity
By: Africa Check 1st November 2024 Fifty fact-checking organisations in Africa, with a presence in at least 30 countries, have signed a declaration to work together to tackle harmful... →
Basil February eulogy
31st October 2024 Basil February was born in Cape Town in 1943 and matriculated from Trafalgar High School in 1960 with five distinctions. Although his desire was... →
Missed call: Fact-checking Kenya’s overshadowed 2024 state of devolution address
By: Africa Check 25th October 2024 In early October 2024, the Kenyan political arena erupted with a spectacular falling-out between president William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi... →
No, photo of Somali man with gun not taken in South Africa
By: Africa Check 22nd October 2024 IN SHORT: A widely shared image of a man with a machine gun has been used to stoke xenophobic tensions in South Africa multiple times, including by... →
Some you win, some you lose
22nd October 2024 There is an old saying that there are weeks when nothing happens, and then there are days when weeks happen. The first 2 weeks of October were days... →
