According to the latest crime statistics, 5,794 murders were reported between July and September 2025. This means that on average, 63 people were murdered per day over this period.

IN SHORT: An image circulating on social media in Kenya appears to show Francis Atwoli, the secretary general of Kenya’s Central Organization of Trade Unions, allegedly gifting his nephew a car.

IN SHORT: A viral video online claims president William Ruto reacted to fighter jet noise during Jamhuri Day celebrations by jumping onto the chief of defence forces. But the footage is digitally ...

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 ...

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Claims that South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo or even India can lay claim to the unwanted title of "rape capital of the world” have been doing the rounds for well over a decade. In 2000, ...

In recent years, the UK’s Oxford Internet Institute has tracked the manipulation of public opinion online. Since 2018, South Africa has featured on a growing list of countries where social media is ...

South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...

The hunting of a black rhino in Namibia, the illegal killing of a lion in Zimbabwe and a controversial “driven hunt” in South Africa’s Limpopo province have ignited a fractious debate about trophy ...

IN SHORT: A video which has gained popularity on various social media platforms in early 2024 is a doctored version of a 2009 interview in which Eminem made no mention of South African politics. A ...

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.

A video circulating on social media claims that South Africans will soon have “zero right to self-defence” from home invaders, should proposed changes to the country’s trespassing law come into effect ...