Current risks in South Africa
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107 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active. Fire activity is 2× the 30-day mean.
107 eventsSources: gdelt
107 events· South AfricaElevated fire activity · 1686 hotspots in the last 24 h vs. a 30-day mean of 800.62
Unrest
Totals for South Africa, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 559
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 103
- 107 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in South Africa
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in South Africa
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in South Africa
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1812 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 2030 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 797 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 524 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 748 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 104 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 204 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 420 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 281 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 610 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 752 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 942 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 766 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 823 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 704 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1635 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 757 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 912 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 825 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 525 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 865 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1040 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 861 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 603 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1942 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1686 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in South Africa
107 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 3 · Mbombela · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.
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