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IN SHORT: Claims that a South African student received a payment of more than R600,000 from the country’s higher education financial aid scheme have been making the rounds on Facebook. But Nsfas says ...

IN SHORT: A graphic, apparently from the media outlet ITV Digital, claiming that president Samia Suluhu Hassan gave the Unesco-listed Ngorongoro conservation area to "Arab investors" has been ...

IN SHORT: Social media posts claim the president’s official residence caught fire. But there is no evidence of such an incident, and the images and video circulating online are fabricated. The posts, ...