In 2023, South Africa had 22,511 public schools, excluding early childhood development centres and special schools. Public education is funded by government through a pro-poor model that creates five ...

The Police Service's latest crime statistics covering October to December 2024 recorded 6,953 murders, a 9.8% decrease from the same period in 2023. Of these, 961 victims were women, meaning around 10 ...

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the monetary value of all goods and services that a country produces in a given time period. Livestock is a sub-sector of agriculture that includes animals used to ...

Namibia and South Africa are the only countries in Africa that have legal procedures to change a person’s name and gender marker on identity documents. These two processes give trans and gender ...

According to the International LGBTI Association (ILGA), 33 of the 54 African countries recognised by the United Nations have laws that criminalise same-sex sexual acts and diverse gender expressions.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) released the final list of candidates contesting for the presidency in the 2023 general elections. Inec said that 18 parties had fielded ...

“Coca-Cola company is currently recruiting at least 200 works across Nairobi county,” reads a job ad posted on Facebook in Kenya in early May 2022. The post promises “available opportunities” for ...

A quote attributed to Kenyan politician Martha Karua, the party leader of Narc Kenya, has been widely shared on Facebook. In it, Karua appears to vow she won’t “share a platform with thieves, social ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states on its website that all deaths that are known to have occurred following a COVID-19 vaccination are investigated. No deaths have been found ...

A graphic on Facebook says you can treat cuts and scrapes at home with a simple kitchen ingredient. “Putting sugar in a wound will reduce pain and speed up the healing process,” it reads. It shows an ...

“Take a breath Cuz you're looking at the most clear picture of the Sun's surface,” reads a message posted on Facebook in South Africa. It includes an image of what appears to be a sun or planet, which ...

“How to treat vaginal discharge with guava leaves,” reads the headline of a message posted on Facebook in Nigeria in May 2020. “Ingredients - 25 leaves of guava. 2 liters of water preparation and user ...