Livestream: JoyNews Research fact-checks South Africa evacuation cost claims

When hundreds of Ghanaians needed help returning home from South Africa, the government stepped in to facilitate their evacuation. But questions have since emerged over how public funds were spent and whether the records submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accurately reflect the payments made.

Now, a JoyNews Research investigation has uncovered what appear to be forged signatures and discrepancies in payment records contained in the Ministry’s data.

Who received the money? Do the records accurately account for the expenditure? And how did documents with questionable signatures become part of the data used to account for a government-funded operation?

As the controversy deepens and demands for accountability grow, JoyNews examines the documents, traces the inconsistencies and investigates the questions surrounding the evacuation exercise.

This is a closer look at the South Africa evacuation controversy – and the troubling gaps between the records and the money they are supposed to account for.

Watch the livestream here: