Fact-checking president Tinubu's claims about Nigeria's economic ...
Oct 3, 2024 · One of the most striking claims Tinubu made was that the country attracted more than $30 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) the last year under his watch.. The National Bureau of Statistics publishes quarterly data on capital inflows into Nigeria.. The statistics bureau divides these inflows into three categories: foreign direct investment, portfolio investment, and …
No, Russian president Putin hasn’t ‘revealed’ that Jesus was black ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Russian president Vladimir Putin recently “opened an ancient box revealing that Jesus was black”.. At least, that’s the claim circulating on social media in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and elsewhere since late March 2024.. The claim includes a video divided into three frames. At top is footage of Putin at a table with uniformed men, opening an ornate …
Don’t trust home remedies from video mimicking untrustworthy ...
Jul 26, 2024 · A video, which has been viewed at least 1.2 million times on Facebook, claims to offer “3 holistic health secrets that will make you look younger at 93 than you did in your 30s”.It’s just one of dozens of videos on Facebook and TikTok with similar or identical audio promoting the same “health secrets”.. The videos prominently feature Barbara O’Neill, an Australian …
FACTSHEET: Total grid collapse? Billions in losses? We answer 10 ...
Aug 15, 2023 · An interesting – or, more likely, disturbing – fact: this November will mark the 16th anniversary of load shedding in South Africa. The country has been experiencing electricity problems since November 2007, when the state-owned power utility Eskom began struggling to meet demand.At the time, then president Thabo Mbeki conceded that his government should …
FACTSHEET: What you need to know about South Africa’s latest …
Aug 5, 2024 · South Africa is currently experiencing a resurgence in cases of mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox.These cases are part of a global outbreak which began in 2022. South Africa had only detected five cases of the disease, in 2022, until 8 May 2024, when a new case was found.. Africa Check debunked several false claims related to the disease when this …
Don’t fall for fear mongering about vitamin B12 - Africa Check
Dec 14, 2023 · IN SHORT: Many social media posts advise people to throw out vitamin B12 in the form of cyanocobalamin, often warning that it contains cyanide. But this common supplement has been extensively studied and is safe to use, unless …
No, billionaire Elon Musk has not launched an AI-powered trading ...
Jun 29, 2023 · IN SHORT: Posts claiming Elon Musk has launched a new AI-powered trading platform in South Africa, with guaranteed returns, are false. The posts link to suspicious websites.
No, Sassa not giving grants to chronically ill South Africans aged …
Oct 7, 2024 · The older person grant. Sassa’s older person's grant, previously called the old age pension, is a benefit paid to people aged 60 and over.As of 1 October 2024, this grant was R2,190 per month for those between 60 and 75, and R2,210 for those over 75.. To qualify for the grant, you must meet a number of conditions, including being a South African citizen, …
Plenty of verified ‘raw’ video of Russia-Ukraine war, filmed by ...
Mar 25, 2022 · Warning: This report links to distressing content. A month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, messages doing the rounds on Facebook in South Africa and elsewhere claim there’s no evidence the war exists at all.. They’re all similar. A typical version reads: “26,000,000 cellphones in Ukraine. 100% internet coverage. Not one raw footage video. Think about it.”
Scam alert: Unicef is not running a cash promotion via mobile …
Feb 14, 2024 · Posts on Facebook show screengrabs of mobile money transaction text messages. These are presented as proof that the United Nations Children's Fund, or Unicef, is giving out cash in a promotion.. Similar posts published in February 2024 showed screenshots of similar messages but listing payments in Kenyan shilling (KSh), Ugandan shilling (UGX) and …