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FUL July 2025 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
2nd July 2025 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
HIV/Aids breakthrough not a ‘cure’, popular social media posts misrepresent the facts
By: Africa Check 26th June 2025 IN SHORT: While promising, a recent breakthrough in HIV research is not a “cure” or a “vaccine”, as several posts claim on social media. The... →
#1000DaysScorecard: Has Kenyan president Ruto delivered on jobs, the economy and infrastructure?
By: Africa Check 26th June 2025 Kenya marked 62 years of self-rule on 1 June 2025. Just days later, on 9 June, president William Ruto celebrated 1 000 days in office since taking... →
Global warming hits Africa more
24th June 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sadness over the tragic loss of life during recent floods in Eastern Cape, with the lives of 100 people... →
Opinion: Africa’s G20 moment – a moral call for justice and global solidarity 
20th June 2025 In this opinion article, Bishop Thulani Mbuyisa, the chairperson of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’... →
Africa’s space race: What satellite ambitions reveal about development priorities
By: In On Africa IOA 19th June 2025 Analysis in brief: African nations are deploying space satellites in record numbers, thanks to inexpensive nanotechnology. Small but sophisticated,... →
Do white farmers produce most of our key crops? Unpacking viral claims about South African agriculture
By: Africa Check 17th June 2025 For weeks in May and June 2025, widely followed accounts on X have circulated eye-catching and divisive statistics about race and farming in South... →
Africa’s five most politically stable countries
By: In On Africa IOA 17th June 2025 In a volatile continent, some African countries have achieved political stability that provides the foundation for national peace and prosperity. A... →
Electrified or exaggerated? Fact-checking Nigerian power minister’s claims
By: Africa Check 5th June 2025 As Nigerian president Bola Tinubu enters the second half of his first term, attention has turned to how well he has kept his promises since taking... →
Budgets and tariffs - so where are we now
5th June 2025 Budget 3.0 was tabled on the same afternoon as the SA/US meeting in the White House. Both events have been widely covered; this note assesses where... →
