About SAFacts

To provide South Africans and the world with accurate, accessible, and verifiable facts about South Africa, empowering informed decision-making and countering harmful misinformation.

In an era of widespread misinformation, SAFacts serves as a source-attributed data layer for South Africa. We compile, label, and present data from official government sources in an accessible format, and reserve verified labels for values that pass freshness and reconciliation checks.

Similar to USAFacts.org, we believe that access to accurate data is fundamental to democratic discourse and informed citizenship.

• All data sourced from official government and institutional sources
• Every public metric carries source attribution and confidence labels
• Transparent methodology for all statistics and fact-checks
• Non-partisan approach focused solely on factual accuracy
• Open access to data and visualizations

Our primary data sources include:

• Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) - Official statistical service
• National Treasury - Budget and financial data
• South African Police Service (SAPS) - Crime statistics
• South African Reserve Bank (SARB) - Economic indicators
• Department of Basic Education - Education statistics
• Department of Health - Health data