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Kenyan president William Ruto right – nearly 60% of country’s tax revenue goes to repaying debt
By: Africa Check 12th October 2023 Kenyan president William Ruto's election campaign, which saw him come to power in September 2022, was critical of the country's borrowing from... →
Has telecoms share of Nigerian GDP doubled in 8 years? Regulator's celebratory claims fact-checked
By: Africa Check 11th October 2023 To mark his eight years in office, Prof Umar Danbatta, the head of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), shared some impressive statistics... →
For a socialist electoral platform: Elections 2024 – What strategic possibilities for the socialist left?
9th October 2023 The politically concentrated nature of the electoral period provides the working class with a strategic focus to drive home the idea that nothing... →
Tourism Tender scandal: Chris Pappas uses Zulu to hide looting
4th October 2023 The reaction of the Democratic Alliance to the public outrage following allegations of corruption levelled against its councillor and Mayor of... →
Declining unemployment figures in South Africa are good news, but context, as always, matters
By: Africa Check 29th September 2023 With national elections approaching in 2024, South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is keen to promote its record. It... →
Chairperson of the Masakona CPA shares that skills will make a difference to the status quo in land reform
29th September 2023 Land reform: South Africa – 28 September 2023: It is estimated that around 70% of restituted land in South Africa is less productive, in part... →
Local is lekker, but government’s overreliance on localisation is a potential disaster waiting to happen
28th September 2023 Research by the Reserve Bank shows that government spending on localisation has for some time now contributed nothing to economic growth.... →
Part 2: More claims from the ANC’s #2019ANCManifestoReview rally fact-checked
By: Africa Check 26th September 2023 As South Africa moves towards national elections in 2024, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is asking the public to take a hard look at... →
Neither a one-day, nor a one-person job
21st September 2023 In 2021, two researchers published a paper on corruption in the US between 1865 and 1941, a period infamous for its corruption. They distilled four... →
#ACS23: Verifying Kenyan president William Ruto’s claims at Africa’s first climate summit 
By: Africa Check 21st September 2023 Kenyan president William Ruto hosted the Africa Climate Summit in the capital Nairobi in September, the first of its kind in the region. Despite... →
