FACTSHEET: South Africa's crime statistics for 2019/20
WEBAug 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 crime reduction”.
FACTSHEET: The state of South Africa’s prisons
WEBJul 18, 2017 · At the end of March 2017, South Africa’s prisons only had 119,134 bed spaces available for an average inmate population of 160,280. “The main driving factor behind overcrowding is the remand detainee population,” Clare Ballard from the advocacy organisation Lawyers for Human Rights told Africa Check. Legal Aid South Africa’s Wilna ...
Former South African president Nelson Mandela didn’t die in 1985 ...
WEBJul 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 ...
No, more than six media companies in world, and ‘Rothschilds’ …
WEBMay 12, 2022 · “There are 6 media companies that exist today, but there used to be 88,” begins text on a screenshot posted on Facebook in South Africa in April 2022. “All 6 get their news from Reuters and the Associated Press.
No, Bill Gates is not practising population control through vaccines ...
WEBMar 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 Maria Loupis”, who describes herself as “½ Viking ...
FACTSHEET: South Africa’s official poverty numbers
WEBFeb 15, 2018 · Over half of South Africans live below the upper-bound poverty line, but the figure varies by province. The Eastern Cape had the highest share of poor residents at 72.9%. Limpopo was marginally lower at 72.4%. Gauteng province had the lowest share of poor residents. In 2015, 33.3% of people who lived there were poor.
How many countries in Africa? How hard can the question be?
WEBJan 31, 2017 · Conclusion: 55 recognised states. The best answer to @Infosecafrica's question that we have come up with is to say there are 55 states that are internationally recognised and members of either the AU or the UN or both. Fifty-three of these belong to both the AU and UN lists. Morocco is not part of the AU but is a member of the UN.
Are there 15 million undocumented immigrants living in South …
WEBJul 7, 2023 · “With an estimated minimum of 15million illegal immigrants in South Africa, according to SA Home affairs (probably a lot more) that makes up between 20% to 25% of our population,” reads a tweet by a member of South African political party ActionSA, Marcia Barron. Her post, dated 1 July 2023, repeats a claim that has done the rounds repeatedly on social media over the years.
FACTSHEET: Where do South Africa’s international migrants come …
WEBAug 16, 2016 · The DESA report indicates that, for South Africa, the international migrant population includes both (what it defines as) “B” or foreign-born and “R” or refugees. A representative of the migration section of the population division at DESA told Africa Check via email that it, for its inputs, it used the South African census 2011 data together with United Nations refugee numbers from ...
FACTSHEET: Understanding human trafficking - Africa Check
WEBFeb 28, 2014 · Event Place Predictions What research showed; 2012 Summer Olympics: London, United Kingdom: Increase in sex work as well as trafficking of men, women, and children for sex, forced labour, or both.: No increase in trafficking. London Metropolitan Police investigated one case of human trafficking for sexual exploitation.; According to a report by the Thompson Reuters Foundation, a survey of 100 ...
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