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 …
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.
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Don’t fall for fear mongering about vitamin B12 - Africa Check
Dec 14, 2023 · IN SHORT: Many social media posts advise people to throw out vitamin B12 in the form of cyanocobalamin, often warning that it contains cyanide. But this common supplement has been extensively studied and is safe to use, unless …
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, former Kenyan elections chair not dead as claimed in viral …
Dec 12, 2024 · The context. The videos refer to Wafula Chebukati, who chaired the IEBC during the 2017 and 2022 general elections.He was a controversial figure who received both strong criticism and praise from different sides of the political divide.. Kenya’s supreme court annulled the 2017 elections, leading to a repeat election.In the 2022 elections, four IEBC commissioners publicly disagreed with ...
No, billionaire Elon Musk has not launched an AI-powered trading ...
Jun 29, 2023 · IN SHORT: Posts claiming Elon Musk has launched a new AI-powered trading platform in South Africa, with guaranteed returns, are false. The posts link to suspicious websites.
No, South African epidemiologist’s house was not bombed by Big …
Dec 5, 2024 · Dr Salim Abdool Karim is a South African epidemiologist known for his work on infectious disease, particularly significant contributions to research on HIV treatment and prevention. He frequently gives expert analysis on public health issues in the media. This public visibility has led to his likeness being used in health scams on social media.. In a video circulating from November 2024, a ...
No, Nigeria's electoral commission chair Mahmood Yakubu has …
Dec 13, 2024 · In October 2024, a former chair of Nigeria's electoral commission, Prof Humphrey Nwosu, died. Nwosu chaired the National Electoral Commission (NEC), now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), from 1989 to 1993 and presided over the historic annulled election of 12 June 1993.. But some messages circulating on Facebook in Nigeria claim that the current Inec chairperson ...
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.