Former South African president Nelson Mandela didn’t die in 1985 ...
Jul 22, 2021 · No, former South African president Nelson Mandela didn’t die in 1985 while in prison – conspiracy theory bungles facts. Published on 22 July 2021. “The Real Nelson Mandela died in 1985,” begins a long Facebook post that has been viewed more than a million times since it was shared on 6 July 2021. It claims that the former South African ...
Vicious rumours about US vice president Kamala Harris untrue
Published on 26 March 2021. A screenshot shared widely on Facebook in South Africa claims recently appointed US vice president Kamala Harris was once a “high-end call girl”. The Afrikaans caption to the post reads: “Een van die dae is USA ook in die gutters!”. This translates to: “One of these days the USA will also be in the gutters.”.
Is there finally a cure for HIV? No, not for most people
Feb 23, 2022 · No, not for most people. Published on 23 February 2022. “Apparently HIV cure has been found,” reads a South African Facebook post shared over 3,600 times in just a few days. The 16 February 2022 post echoes similar social media statements, following a widely reported news story that the first woman had been “cured” of HIV.
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.
FACTSHEET: The leading causes of death in Africa in 2019
Nov 10, 2021 · Non-communicable diseases are associated with urbanisation and higher standards of living. They accounted for 2.8 million deaths (37.1%) in 2019, up from 34.3% in 2015. The leading causes of death in this category include ischaemic heart disease, stroke and cirrhosis of the liver. Group 2 causes of death in 2019.
GUIDE: Understanding crime statistics in South Africa - Africa Check
Sep 12, 2013 · However, America’s population at the time was 307 million while South Africa’s was a little over 49 million. When viewed as crime rates or ratios rather than raw numbers, the statistics yield a completely different picture: a murder rate of 4.96 per 100,000 (US) compared to 34.1 (SA) per 100,000. Therefore the chance of being murdered in SA ...
Defining migration, migrants, and refugees (and why it matters ...
Aug 15, 2016 · The massive movements of people, fueled by the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, has put migration at the top of the global human rights agenda. According to a recent United Nations report, international migrants – those living in countries other than where they were born – reached 244 million in 2015, a 41% increase from 2000.Those numbers include 20-million refugees – broadly defined as ...
FACTSHEET: South Africa's crime statistics for 2019/20
Aug 4, 2020 · The police released South Africa’s crime statistics for 2019/20 on 31 July 2020, a month earlier than expected. This comes on the back of a June 2016 resolution to release the statistics every three months, minister of police Bheki Cele said in the briefing. He said he believed the new approach “would allow for timeous intervention measures aimed at …
FACTSHEET: Abortions in Africa - Africa Check
Jan 12, 2022 · FACTSHEET: Abortions in Africa. Abortion is governed by a variety of laws across Africa’s 50-plus countries. This factsheet looks at estimates of the number of abortions in the region, explains the broad categories of abortion laws, and looks at other ways African women’s access to safe abortion is reduced. Published on 12 January 2022.
We’re not all uniformly XX and XY. Intersex people exist, and that’s ...
Aug 29, 2022 · “ACCORDING TO SCIENCE & RELIGION THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS,” claims a graphic circulating on Facebook in South Africa and elsewhere online. “Males have 1 X and 1 Y chromosome,” it reads above a photo of what appears to be a muscled man. “Females have 2 X chromosomes,” it reads above a photo of what appears to be a diminutive woman. (But appearances can be deceptive.)