South Africa’s weather and climate
South Africa is a climate patchwork of warm coastal subtropics, hot deserts, humid highlands, snow-topped mountains and an enclave of Mediterranean weather in the southwest.
Africa from A to Z: fast facts on the 55 states
Africa is home to 55 countries, an ancient and complex history, modern cities, some 3,000 languages and over a billion people. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, here’s a snapshot of each country on a continent you need to know more about.
The plain language guide to South Africa’s Bill of Rights
It protects everyone in the country – not just citizens. The Bill of Rights safeguards the democratic values of dignity, equality and freedom, and demands that basic needs are met.
High scores for African countries on ‘flourishing’ index
Several African nations rank higher than the US and countries of Europe in a new scientific measure of wellbeing, thanks to strong community ties, purpose and resilience.
Trump ally uses four-year-old footage of South Africa’s Zuma riots to justify ‘white oppression’
7 August 2025 – Alex Jones posted an old video of a historic crisis with the suggestion it was a typical day in South Africa – and “the future of ALL Western countries if changes are not made fast”.
South Africa’s history uncovered: the thousand-year gap they don’t teach in school
If we abandon 1652 – when Dutch settlers arrived at the Cape – as the historical starting point and go back a thousand years, a different story emerges.
Video of man arrested in Liberian drug sweep doesn’t show ‘Nigerian based in South Africa’
12 March 2024 – The “Nigerian drug dealer” is one of many harmful stereotypes of migrants in South Africa. But the video was shot in the West African country of Liberia.
If you don’t vote in South Africa’s elections, your vote goes to the ruling party? No, only valid votes counted
5 March 2024 – A old online rumour that if a registered voter doesn’t turn up at the polls their vote “automatically” goes to the ruling ANC has resurfaced in another election year. But while a good voter turnout makes a better democracy, no democracy works that way.
South Africans attack Nigerians after 2024 Afcon semifinal loss? No, photos from 2019
20 February 2024 – There was no violence after South Africa lost to Nigeria in their Africa Cup of Nations football semifinal, despite a controversial Nigerian embassy warning. Photos used to claim otherwise are from 2019.
Video of May Day march in Dominican Republic, not uMkhonto weSizwe Party supporters in South Africa
14 February 2024 – It’s being used to claim that the new party is South Africa’s “biggest”, but the clip actually shows Fuerza del Pueblo supporters in the Dominican Republic.
South Africa’s anti-migrant social media gets it wrong – photo shot in Georgia doesn’t show ‘old school bus’ used as bridge in Zimbabwe
8 February 2024 – Xenophobic posts mislabel a photo of a local oddity from Georgia – a train carriage converted into a river bridge – to sustain a harmful stereotype of Zimbabwe.
White farmer assaulted by EFF ‘savages’ in South Africa? No, video of homophobic attack in Brazil
7 February 2024 – The myth of white genocide in South Africa continues to be sustained by false information. In this case, the Economic Freedom Fighters political party is blamed for an attack on a gay man on a different continent.
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