FACTSHEET: South Africa's crime statistics for 2019/20
WEBAug 4, 2020 · The police released South Africa’s crime statistics for 2019/20 on 31 July 2020, a month earlier than expected. This comes on the back of a June 2016 resolution to release the statistics every three months, minister of police Bheki Cele said in the briefing. He said he believed the new approach “would allow for timeous intervention measures aimed at crime reduction”.
Vicious rumours about US vice president Kamala Harris untrue
WEBPublished on 26 March 2021. A screenshot shared widely on Facebook in South Africa claims recently appointed US vice president Kamala Harris was once a “high-end call girl”. The Afrikaans caption to the post reads: “Een van die dae is USA ook in die gutters!”. This translates to: “One of these days the USA will also be in the gutters.”.
Did over 100 million people die under communism during
WEBSep 5, 2019 · A meme that has been shared over 100,000 times on Facebook claims that communism is “the ideology that killed over 100 million the last century”. The meme includes pictures of Mao Zedong, the former leader of communist China, the hammer-and-sickle symbol of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and a pile of human skulls and bones.
Defining migration, migrants, and refugees (and why it matters ...
WEBAug 15, 2016 · The massive movements of people, fueled by the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, has put migration at the top of the global human rights agenda. According to a recent United Nations report, international migrants – those living in countries other than where they were born – reached 244 million in 2015, a 41% increase from 2000.Those numbers include 20-million refugees – broadly defined as ...
FACTSHEET: South Africa’s official poverty numbers
WEBFeb 15, 2018 · Over half of South Africans live below the upper-bound poverty line, but the figure varies by province. The Eastern Cape had the highest share of poor residents at 72.9%. Limpopo was marginally lower at 72.4%. Gauteng province had the lowest share of poor residents. In 2015, 33.3% of people who lived there were poor.
FACTSHEET: How to talk about migration in South Africa
WEBMay 18, 2020 · So “migrant” is an umbrella term, encompassing a number of groups of persons who may have different legal statuses. 1. Domestic migrant. When we talk about migration, we tend to focus on international migration. But the vast majority of migration in South Africa happens within its borders. Domestic migration, also known as internal ...
South Africa’s election system - Africa Check
WEBMay 7, 2019 · When South Africans go to the polls on 8 May 2019, they will vote for political parties – not individuals. “The political party gets a share of seats in parliament in direct proportion to the number of votes it got in the election,” the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) explains. Parties fill these seats according to ranked ...
GUIDE: Rape statistics in South Africa - Africa Check
WEBJun 22, 2016 · 37.4% of men admitted to raping a woman. 31% of men disclosed having raped a woman who was not a partner. 18.2% of men disclosed raping an intimate partner. 6.9% of men disclosed engaging in gang rape. The study is not nationally representative. It was conducted in South Africa’s Gauteng province.
FACTSHEET: What you need to know about vaccine approval in …
WEBMar 30, 2021 · Kenya administered its first jabs against Covid-19 in March 2021, following the delivery of a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Weeks earlier, local media had reported on the vaccine’s approval for use in the country. As vaccinations started, health minister Mutahi Kagwe said the Oxford vaccine’s “efficacy and safety had ...
FACTSHEET: Wealth in South Africa - Africa Check
WEBMar 22, 2018 · These are people with assets of less than US$10,000, or R117,000 at the current exchange rate. While there is no further breakdown within that group, the report estimated that the median wealth in South Africa was at US$5,186 (or R60,900), well below the US$10,000 cut-off.