Risk events in South Africa, June 2026
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1701 events were recorded: 1192 conflict events and 509 unrest events.
1701 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
1701 events· South Africa
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,192
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 509
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-02 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-03 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 244 |
| 2026-06-04 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 148 |
| 2026-06-05 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 160 |
| 2026-06-06 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 183 |
| 2026-06-07 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 224 |
| 2026-06-08 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 38 |
| 2026-06-09 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 0 | 430 |
| 2026-06-10 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 372 |
| 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 423 |
| 2026-06-12 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 459 |
| 2026-06-13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 500 |
| 2026-06-14 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 283 |
| 2026-06-15 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 22 | 0 | 484 |
| 2026-06-16 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-06-17 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 298 |
| 2026-06-18 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 251 |
| 2026-06-19 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 178 |
| 2026-06-20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 49 |
| 2026-06-21 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-06-22 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 325 |
| 2026-06-23 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 440 |
| 2026-06-24 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 839 |
| 2026-06-25 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 444 |
| 2026-06-26 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 526 |
| 2026-06-27 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 313 |
| 2026-06-28 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 387 |
| 2026-06-29 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 47 | 0 | 608 |
| 2026-06-30 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 96 | 0 | 364 |
Events
What is happening now
1701 events · newest first
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kempton Park, South Africa
1 fatality · Kempton Park · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Ermelo, South Africa
1 fatality · Ermelo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Hillcrest, South Africa
1 fatality · Hillcrest · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Evaton, South Africa
Severity 3 · Evaton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 2 · Midrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in South Africa
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 2 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manzini, South Africa
Severity 3 · Manzini · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 2 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in South Africa
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 3 · Midrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 3 · Midrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 2 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manzini, South Africa
Severity 3 · Manzini · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in South Africa
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in South Africa
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 2 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in South Africa
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Midrand, South Africa
Severity 3 · Midrand · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in South Africa
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Matola, South Africa
Severity 3 · Matola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Kimberley, South Africa
Severity 2 · Kimberley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Kimberley, South Africa
Severity 2 · Kimberley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 2 · Mbombela · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 2 · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · Roodepoort · 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.