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Feb 23 4 tweets 3 min read
🤐 After @Eskom_SA’s outgoing CEO, André de Ruyter, made damning allegations about governance at #SouthAfrica’s power utility, South Africans were quick to speculate that his words were being #censored.

But there is no evidence for these claims. africacheck.info/eskom_interview
@Eskom_SA The interview caused a furore among South Africans on social media & in the press.

But just as soon as people started discussing his statements, others claimed the interview had been “censored” by broadcaster bit.ly/3CNCuy1 & its pay-to-view news channel @eNCA .
@Eskom_SA Africa Check reached out to John Bailey, managing editor of the eNCA newsroom. When asked about the claims that the interview had been “taken down” he said that “the basis of this is wrong”. africacheck.info/eskom_interview
@Eskom_SA There is no truth to the rumours that the interview with Eskom’s André de Ruyter was in any way censored by its broadcasters. It is available to view here: bit.ly/41n0swg

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Feb 23
💰 The majority leader of #Nigeria’s house of representatives @aadoguwa recently claimed the law required him N70 million – and in cash – for election expenses.

We checked this & three other eye-watering statements for accuracy. africacheck.info/nigeria_electi… #NigeriaDecides2023
@aadoguwa Claim: “A member of the house of representatives is expected to have not more than N70 million to conduct his election, logistics and other things, by law.”

Verdict: Incorrect
africacheck.info/nigeria_electi…
@aadoguwa The country’s Electoral Act 2022 states that the maximum a candidate seeking a seat in the house of representatives can spend on election expenses is N70 million. For the senate, the maximum is N100 million (about $220,000). africacheck.info/nigeria_electi…
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Feb 22
🗳️ [ANALYSIS] #NigeriaDecides2023 takes place this weekend. But how much do we know about the candidates? @inecnigeria has shared a trove of data, including on their age, gender & qualifications.

Here are some interesting facts you should know. africacheck.info/nigeria_electi…
@inecnigeria The ages of the 14 other presidential candidates range from 38 to 68. There are 18 candidates in all. Their average age is 57.4 (and their median age, if you are interested, is 59). The average age of their running mates is 51.7. africacheck.info/nigeria_electi…
@inecnigeria Only 224 of the 1,101 senate candidates are aged 40 or younger. So there is a chance that around 20% of the upper chamber of Nigeria’s legislature will be made up of relatively young lawmakers. africacheck.info/nigeria_electi…
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Feb 22
🇿🇦 Are there 600,000 confirmed #homeless people living on the streets of #Johannesburg & #Pretoria, as claimed by @IOL? africacheck.info/homeless_peopl…
@IOL The figure is attributed to Homeless Solutions, a non-profit organisation based in Pretoria.

The claim is not based on evidence, but on what a representative told us was “experience and observation”. africacheck.info/homeless_peopl…
@IOL The figure is inconsistent with various estimates and a recent attempt to count all street-homeless people in the City of Tshwane (Pretoria). africacheck.info/homeless_peopl…
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Jul 3, 2020
🍻 President @CyrilRamaphosa recently bemoaned #SouthAfrica’s position “as one of the countries in the world that has a high alcohol consumption level”.

But what % of #SouthAfricans drink alcohol? Where does the country rank internationally?

We checked. bit.ly/3eU51FK
@CyrilRamaphosa The latest @WHO data shows that, on average, #SouthAfricans over 15 consumed 9.3 litres of pure alcohol each in 2016. The figure was 16.2 litres for men & 2.7 litres for women. bit.ly/3eU51FK
@CyrilRamaphosa Based on these figures, #SouthAfrica ranked 50th out of 195 countries for total alcohol consumed per capita in 2016.

Moldova took the top spot with a per capita consumption of 15.2 litres, followed closely by Lithuania (15 litres) & the Czech Republic (14.4 litres).
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