South Africa had 22,511 public schools, excluding early childhood development centres and special schools.  Public education ...

Neither Johannesburg Water nor the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported a recent cholera outbreak. In ...

As of 31 December 2024, a cumulative total of 457,129 cholera cases, including 8,181 deaths, have been reported since 1 January 2022. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique ...

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) registers, recruits, deploys, promotes and disciplines teachers in Kenya’s public ...

A video on social media has sparked claims that Kenya is following the United States out of the World Health Organization, or ...

Several Facebook posts claim that South Africa’s Department of Basic Education plans to add a 13th year for high school ...

In one of the few opportunities legislators get to publicly address the president every year, who got their facts right?

A viral Facebook post claims that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has discovered old naira notes hidden in a container in Delta state in ...

Several posts on social media claim that Dr Kizza Besigye, a prominent Ugandan opposition leader, has died.  A 17 February 2025 post on X says: “May ...

The global health body is drafting guidelines on how countries could cooperate to respond to future pandemics. It has been a controversial process. We break down some key talking points about the ...

IN SHORT: Social media users claim that a video of a massive sinkhole was taken at the entrance of a tunnel in Hartbeespoort, a South African town. But this is false – the video shows a 2023 landslide ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that 3,690 Nigerians face deportation from the US. According to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s non-detained list of foreign nationals, this claim ...