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IN SHORT: An advert claiming that the beverage giant is hiring dozens of workers through a Google Forms link is fake. The form collects sensitive personal details and demands a “processing fee”, which ...

IN SHORT: A TikTok clip claiming to show the United States army landing in Uganda to “protect people’s and campaigns” ahead of the country’s January 2026 general election has been circulating online.

Various sources, including the agency’s representatives, have claimed R18 billion has been paid out to non-citizens.

The Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) is the national end-of-junior secondary exam for grade 9 learners under the competency ...

IN SHORT: US actor and wrestler Dwayne Johnson hasn’t posted videos about YouTube paying people to watch content. Videos of him supposedly promoting this have been manipulated and should be ignored.

There’s no denying that murder rates in South Africa are high. But two bold claims published by the widely read Guardian newspaper still caught our attention. The newspaper said that South Africa’s ...

Marking the country’s 65th Independence Day, Bola Tinubu claimed several economic achievements by his government, from GDP growth and inflation to revenue and trade balance. We investigated 18 of them ...

IN SHORT: Facebook posts claiming that castor oil applied to a sanitary pad can fix issues such as endometriosis and stomach cramps are being shared widely. But there’s no scientific evidence to ...

Back in March 2023, a Reddit user uploaded a clip generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, of Hollywood star Will Smith eating spaghetti. The video shows him shovelling heaps of pasta into ...

As white South Africans made headlines for entering the US as refugees, online claims about their contribution to farming back home went viral. But much like the refugee narrative itself, any numbers ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...