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  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Dec 2017

    Get in touch with via WhatsApp: +27 73 749 7875 Respond to our reports with a voice note or message & send us claims that need fact-checking.

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  2. 41 minutes ago

    👀 Nope, you cannot sell your organs for financial gain.But what about eggs & sperm? Our fact-checking piece has the ins & outs:

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  3. 3 hours ago

    👍🏾 Yes, graduate education & jobs ‘belong to same WhatsApp group’ in SA, as politician said.

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  4. 5 hours ago

    Here's our guide on how to stop falling for : Top tips 👇🏾 1. Be a responsible internet user 2. Support real news orgs 3. Help spread the debunks 4. Flag false news on Facebook

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  5. 9 hours ago

    🇰🇪 President Uhuru has staked his legacy on medically insuring all Kenyans. But does have 6.8 million beneficiaries currently, as he said?

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  6. 21 hours ago

    🏥 President Uhuru has promised that all will be covered by medical insurance by 2022. Does his number of 6.8 million current beneficiaries add up? We checked.

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  7. 23 hours ago

    🇳🇬 Did ‘at least 50,000’ die from terrorism in 2017 - a number far higher than any reported? We checked.

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  8. Jan 27

    🇿🇦 ANALYSIS: Can you sell a kidney - or any other organ - to keep ‘Janu-worry’ at bay?

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  9. Jan 26

    📻 Did you miss this week’s with ? We unpacked graduate unemployment & whether SA’s listeriosis outbreak is the worst worldwide. Catch up here

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    Jan 26

    Do formal residents use 65% of water Via

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  11. Jan 26

    💼 SA politician Julius recently claimed that "amongst graduates it is only 5% who are unemployed". He's right.

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  12. Jan 26

    You can find a detailed breakdown of our funding sources on our website.

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    You are funded by George Sorod
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  13. Jan 26

    Get in touch with via WhatsApp: +27 73 749 7875 Respond to our reports with a voice note or message & send us claims that need fact-checking.

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    Jan 26

    Did ‘at least 50,000’ Nigerians die from terrorism in 2017? | via - the importance of fact checking and the use of accurate data

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    Jan 25

    ANALYSIS: Can you sell a kidney to keep 'Janu-worry' at bay? |

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  16. Jan 25

    Organs you can sell for profit in SA: Cornea ❌ Lung ❌ Womb ❌ Heart ❌ Liver ❌ Kidney ❌

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 25

    "So in short, if you’re looking for a payday, keep your organs. But if you’re in the market for saving a life, consider donating."

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  18. Jan 25

    🧠 Nope, you cannot sell your organs "for financial gain, at all”, SA's department of health told us. But what about eggs & sperm? Our fact-checking piece has the ins & outs:

    GET MONEY: Sperm - R1200/Donation Egg - R96 000 Bone Marrow - R36 000 Breast Milk - R12-R24/ounce Hair - R1200-R48 000 Cornea - R255 000 Lung - R1 200 000 Womb - R450 000 Heart - R7 240 000 Liver - 1 766 000 Kidney - R1 800 000 Testis - R360 000 Source: Dept of Health SA
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  19. Jan 25

    🇿🇦 ANALYSIS: Can you sell a kidney to keep ‘Janu-worry’ at bay?

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    Jan 25

    Does fact-checking backfire? Are corrections from friends more effective? How does partisanship affect fact check reception?

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  21. Jan 25

    🇳🇬 Did 50,000 or 7,512 people die from terrorism attacks in last year? We checked the 2017 Global Terrorism Index.

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