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#NamibiaElections2024: Fact-checking opposition Popular …
Nov 26, 2024 · The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), Namibia's official opposition party, launched its election manifesto in August 2024.. In the 2019 general elections, the PDM won 16 parliamentary seats, more than tripling its share from 2014 and making it the second-largest party in the national assembly.The ruling South West Africa People's Organisation won 63 seats, down from 77 in 2014.
FACTSHEET: Total grid collapse? Billions in losses? We answer 10 ...
Aug 15, 2023 · An interesting – or, more likely, disturbing – fact: this November will mark the 16th anniversary of load shedding in South Africa. The country has been experiencing electricity problems since November 2007, when the state-owned power utility Eskom began struggling to meet demand.At the time, then president Thabo Mbeki conceded that his government should have expanded capacity.
FACTSHEET: What you need to know about South Africa’s latest …
Aug 5, 2024 · South Africa is currently experiencing a resurgence in cases of mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox.These cases are part of a global outbreak which began in 2022. South Africa had only detected five cases of the disease, in 2022, until 8 May 2024, when a new case was found.. Africa Check debunked several false claims related to the disease when this outbreak began, as did other fact ...
No, Sassa not giving grants to chronically ill South Africans aged …
Oct 7, 2024 · The older person grant. Sassa’s older person's grant, previously called the old age pension, is a benefit paid to people aged 60 and over.As of 1 October 2024, this grant was R2,190 per month for those between 60 and 75, and R2,210 for those over 75.. To qualify for the grant, you must meet a number of conditions, including being a South African citizen, permanent resident or refugee; living ...
Don’t trust home remedies from video mimicking untrustworthy ...
Jul 26, 2024 · A video, which has been viewed at least 1.2 million times on Facebook, claims to offer “3 holistic health secrets that will make you look younger at 93 than you did in your 30s”.It’s just one of dozens of videos on Facebook and TikTok with similar or identical audio promoting the same “health secrets”.. The videos prominently feature …
US president-elect Trump didn’t say he was ‘coming for’ Kenyan ...
Dec 12, 2024 · A TikTok video shows a graphic of the newly elected US president, Donald Trump, speaking into a microphone and pointing at the camera.. Above Trump’s picture is the caption: “I will continue supporting Israel,But Ruto am coming for you.” Below the picture is a red banner that reads: “Ruto must go” and a banner of Kenyan news website Tuko.A yellow banner below the logo reads: “Sad ...
No, Russian president Putin hasn’t ‘revealed’ that Jesus was black ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Russian president Vladimir Putin recently “opened an ancient box revealing that Jesus was black”.. At least, that’s the claim circulating on social media in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and elsewhere since late March 2024.. The claim includes a video divided into three frames. At top is footage of Putin at a table with …
No, Finnish authorities have not released Biafra separatist Simon …
Nov 28, 2024 · IN SHORT: Days after he was arrested and detained in Finland, dozens of social media posts claim Biafra separatist Simon Ekpa has been released and acquitted of terrorism charges. The claim is false.
No, US president-elect Donald Trump has not ordered Nigerian …
Nov 29, 2024 · A video circulating on social media shows US president-elect Donald Trump apparently urging the Nigerian government to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob). Biafra is a region in south-eastern Nigeria. Its secession in 1967 sparked a 30-month civil war. Ipob is a group seeking the restoration of …