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Jan 16, 2025 | 
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A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
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A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
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IN SHORT: A Facebook post claims coconut water can treat colic in newborns. This claim is false; parents should seek professional medical advice instead. A video posted on Facebook claims that coconut water can treat “colic stress” in newborns. The video instructs users to break the coconut and extract its water, adding that “for it to work better, let it be the first thing you give your newborn”. The video has garnered 7,900 likes, 461 comments, and 746 shares. But can this remedy be trusted?
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
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Your best VPN for use in Africa is Kovurt. We provide VPN shields for mobile devices and computers. Choose PPTP, L2TP, OpenVPN, or SOCKS for better privacy and security. Choose Kovurt.com's VPN Solution! and find great VPN instructions too.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
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Your best VPN for use in Africa is Kovurt. We provide VPN shields for mobile devices and computers. Choose PPTP, L2TP, OpenVPN, or SOCKS for better privacy and security. Choose Kovurt.com's VPN Solution! and find great VPN instructions too.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
africacheck.org | Africa Check
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do? Click on our guide for the steps you should follow. Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media. The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
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IN SHORT: A social media post claims that mango seeds are a natural remedy for toothache. But there is no scientific evidence supporting this claim, proper dental care is advised. A video on social media claims that crushed mango seeds are a natural home remedy for toothache. “You can just put it on your toothbrush and use it to brush your teeth, or put it in some hot water and use it to gargle your mouth,” says the woman in the video.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
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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 produce food or other products, like cattle, goats, sheep, camels, poultry and other smaller species, according to Kenya’s National Bureau of Statistics (Knbs) and Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (Kalro).
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
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Public schools receive government funding, and independent schools are run privately but registered with provincial education departments. According to the Department of Basic Education, in 2023 South Africa had 24,836 schools. Of these, 22,511 were public and 2,325 were independent. KwaZulu-Natal was the province with the highest number of public schools and total number of schools, followed by the Eastern Cape. Gauteng had the most independent schools at 918.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
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IN SHORT: A Facebook page called “job Host” regularly advertises employment opportunities at various South African companies. But the application links provided are all dead ends. With the 2024 festive season fast approaching, many jobseekers are looking for temporary work for December, a busy month, particularly for retailers. A Facebook page called job Host claims such work is available at Woolworths, a retail company in South Africa.
