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.”.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Nigerians, beware of Facebook posts promoting ‘MoneyEasily’ …
Published on 30 April 2024. IN SHORT: Several posts on Facebook claim that a platform known as MoneyEasily can help you make over N80,000 a day. But it’s been flagged as highly untrustworthy and likely to scam you. “Earn NGN86,800.00 easily in two hours a day …. Guys don’t be left behind,” reads a Facebook post encouraging users to ...
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, Bill Gates is not practising population control through vaccines ...
Mar 31, 2023 · Disclaimer: Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made up 26% of Africa Check’s income in 2021.. Billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates has said “ If we do a really great job on new vaccines and health care, we could lower the population 10-15%”.. At least, that’s according to a tweet posted by “Dr. Anastasia …
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 …
Did over 100 million people die under communism during
Sep 5, 2019 · A meme that has been shared over 100,000 times on Facebook claims that communism is “the ideology that killed over 100 million the last century”. The meme includes pictures of Mao Zedong, the former leader of communist China, the hammer-and-sickle symbol of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and a pile of human skulls and bones.