Have three Air Zimbabwe planes vanished?
CLAIM: Auditor General says three Air Zimbabwe planes have gone missing VERDICT: False By ZimFact Staff Basis of claim: Last week, Zimbabwe Auditor General Mildred Chiri released audit reports of…
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FACT CHECK: Are power cuts now ‘a thing of the past’ in Zambia?
CLAIM: Power cuts are now a thing of the past in Zambia VERDICT: Not true EXPLAINER: The claim lacks context By ZimFact Staff Basis of claim On June 29, 2019,…
Are 70% of Zimbabwean men raising children not their own? No, it’s not true.
CLAIM: About 70 percent of Zimbabwean men are taking care or providing for children who were misidentified as theirs either deliberately or due to human error. CONCLUSION: False Explainer: The…
FACT CHECK: Has RBZ banned forex cash withdrawals from FCAs?
CLAIM: On June 25, the website The Tabloid Zim reported that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had ordered an end to withdrawals from Foreign Currency Accounts (FCAs). According to…
Does Parliamentary committee want to push age of sexual consent down to 12 years?
A claim that a parliamentary committee seeks to lower the age of consent to 12 years has triggered outrage. By ZimFact Staff CLAIM: On Wednesday, 6 March 2019, voter mobilisation…
