“Photo of newborn found in a university toilet in Nigeria”
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.
“William Shakespeare said “I always feel happy, you know why? Because I don’t expect anything from anyone. Expectations always hurt. Life is short, so love your life, be happy. And keep smiling. Just live for yourself and before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you pray, forgive. Before you hurt, feel. Before you quit, try. Before you die, live.”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Nelson Mandela said “When a woman rejects a man of vision, and accept [sic] a man with television, she will end up watching the man of vision on her own husband’s television”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“South African prisoners get a monthly salary and bonus when done serving time”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Steve Biko said “Apartheid doesn’t keep you alive unless it’s going to use you later.”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“World Bank setting up a ‘Central Bank of Biafra’”
Africa Check rated this: False
“New Fan Milk ice cream called “FanYogo Gin & Ginger” contains 12.5% alcohol”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“Photo shows Kenyan preacher stoned while preaching good news to the people”
Africa Check rated this: Misleading
“Photos of ‘police brutality in Kutus’”
Africa Check rated this: Misleading
“Samuel L Jackson said “Maybe if we under-paid these modern mumble rappers and over-paid teachers, we’d have smarter kids and less shi**y music”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“Swarm of bees magically recovers a stolen car in Kenya”
Africa Check rated this: Misleading
“Video of New Zealand mosque shooter beaten up in jail”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Child called Michael has stomach cancer and mother looking for money to fund his surgery in appeal shared on Facebook”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“Vitamin B17 in apple seeds cures cancer”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Warning against buying soft drinks from Indian and Somali shops and Pakistan related stores like Cambridge, Boxer and Nizams. "[A]ll those indigenous shops” get their soft drinks from fake factories. Instead, people should “make sure” they “buy cold drink” at Spar, Shoprite and other stores.”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Nigerians are the biggest consumers of champagne on planet earth, more than the French who make it.”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect
“Bill Gates refused to vaccinate his own children”
Africa Check rated this: Hoax
“Dangerous rat with body of a snake”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“Des mercenaires étrangers violentent des Peuls au Mali”
Africa Check rated this: Faux
“The world’s first human head transplant has been successfully achieved”
Africa Check rated this: Incorrect