“Enter your PIN number backwards and the police will be alerted if you're being threatened at an ATM.”
Africa Check rated this: Hoax
Africa Check
Africa Check is a non-profit fact-checking organisation founded in South Africa in 2012. It has teams in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.
“Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has “directed” building owners in the central business district of the capital to repaint their buildings in yellow and green.”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Pakistani man sentenced to death for farting in mosque during Ramadan”
Africa Check rated this: Satire
“South African businessman Patrice Motsepe offered EFF leader Julius Malema R4 billion to quit politics”
Africa Check rated this: False
“The DA wants to shut down the most historic mosque in Cape Town because the “athaan is too loud”.”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“US, Russia, Israel and France approve Biafra’s separation from Nigeria”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Zambian nurse swaps 5,000 babies at birth for 12 years”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“20 million Nigerians not ‘headed to South Africa’ after ‘secret meeting’ between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria.”
Africa Check rated this: False
“A photo of a giraffe lying on a road in front of a damaged truck”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Bill Murray said "The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Photo of Europeans fleeing to North Africa during second world war”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Every single person with cancer has pH that’s too acidic”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Pepsi has been contaminated with HIV”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Holes in foot caused by stepping on the bible”
Africa Check rated this: Hoax
“Margarine is one molecule away from plastic and shares 27 ingredients with paint”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Nigerian opposition’s Atiku Abubakar paid generals $10m to overthrow President Buhari”
Africa Check rated this: False
“South African schools going to teach 9-year-olds how to masturbate”
Africa Check rated this: Misleading
“Usain Bolt told South Africa’s Caster Semenya to ‘accept testosterone ruling and move on’”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Weird creature in Murang’a, Kenya”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari died in 2017”
Africa Check rated this: False