No, HiFi Corp is not selling tech in N$55 boxes
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / Facebook Viral social media pages are claiming to be HiFi Corp pages that promote cheap electronics ‘mystery’ boxes One of the pages (image below) on Facebook and Instagram claims that South African home electronics and appliances retailer HiFi Corp is running a promotion in Namibia through which “lost and […]
No, MTC is not selling iPhone 15 phones for only N$55
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / Instagram A viral post on Instagram falsely claims that MTC Namibia was selling iPhone 15 Pro mobile phones for N$55 during December Namibia Fact Check first spotted the post on 28 December 2023, when it had already attracted 159 likes and 32 comments. It continued to circulate on Instagram […]
No, there is no African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum grant
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral message falsely promoting an “empowerment grant” from an entity that denies offering such a grant has been circulating in WhatsApp groups for months The post containing the false grant claim was first forwarded to Namibia Fact Check in December 2023 and then six times more through […]
Misleading ministerial claims on SIM registration
Image: Namibia Fact Check / IPPR We checked statements about biometric and ITU requirements from a recent government media statement Everyone using a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card to access telecommunications and internet services in Namibia were required to have registered their SIM card with their service provider by 31 December 2023. However, on 29 […]
No, Namibia Breweries is not mass hiring
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A WhatsApp post falsely claims that the company is looking to appoint hundreds of people and provide them with free accommodation The post has been circulating in WhatsApp groups since early November 2023 and claims that Namibia Breweries is looking to recruit 543 people. The post was forwarded […]
No, Steers is not promoting a ‘Pack Famaly’ meal
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / Facebook Fake meal promotions on social media are used to scam people into giving up their personal information online Cyber criminals are now using fake fast food promotions to trick people into revealing their personal information. This scam came to light recently when a phishing scam masked as a […]
No, Hage Geingob is not giving away free data to supporters
Image Courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A social media post falsely claims that Namibia president Hage Geingob is giving away 10GB of data to his supporters This is another one of those obviously false claims or easy-to-spot scams. The WhatsApp post, which was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check twice in mid to late November […]
No municipality is hiring in bulk right now
Image courtesy: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post circulating in multiple WhatsApp groups falsely claims that an unidentified “municipality” is hiring 70 workers The post was forwarded to Namibia Fact Check on 26 November 2023 to be verified. The WhatsApp message states that the post was retrieved from a public Facebook group titled […]
No, there is no ‘poisonous’ bottled water in Namibia
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post circulating in WhatsApp groups falsely suggests that there is chemically contaminated bottled water being sold in Namibia The post, which is accompanied by an image of three bottles of water branded ‘Coral Dew’, warns against consuming any bottled water with “DEW” in its name, as it […]
No number plate robberies have been reported in Namibia
IMAGE: Namibia Fact Check / WhatsApp A viral post in WhatsApp groups has resurfaced a false claim about rampant ‘number plate robberies’ The post that was widely shared and forwarded reached Namibia Fact Check in early September 2023 and claims that robbers or hijackers remove car number plates and then lure potential victims by claiming […]