Country intelligence
🇿🇦South Africa
LiveLast 7 days
Over the last seven days the desk logged 19 events in South Africa, 16 of them in the last 24 hours (rising against the 24 hours before). The busiest layer was attacks & assaults and the most severe event reached level 4 (Critical). That puts the risk index at 34 out of 100, which the desk reads as elevated.
Risk index
34
Elevated · out of 100
Events, 7 days
19
rising · 16 in 24h
Most severe
4
Critical on the 0 to 4 scale
Live from South Africa
1
news channels on the desk
What the desk logged
Events by layer, last seven days. Scheduled items such as launches are listed with their planned time.
Attacks & Assaults7
Shootings7
Kidnappings2
Cyber Threats1
Protests1
Robberies & Theft1
Most severe events
- Police hunt killer after councillor candidate shotShootings · level 4 · 5h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- 2026 11 03 attorney allegedly linked to gang cases shot dead in eldorado parkShootings · level 3 · 1h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Opposition party organiser killed ahead of south africa electionsAttacks & Assaults · level 2 · 59m ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Deepika padukone was five months pregnant with daughter devi while shooting king s song tu mil jaaye articleShootings · level 2 · 3h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Morero on who calls the coalition shots and being johannesburgs last anc mayorShootings · level 2 · 4h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Men arrested ears torture African farm robberyRobberies & Theft · level 2 · 5h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
Latest stories mentioning South Africa
Classified by the desk, linked to their publishers.
Politics26m agoDisruptions to basic services loom over South Africa's local pollsAfricanews [en]PoliticsBreaking3h agoOpposition party organiser killed before South Africa electionsAl Jazeera [en]Politics3h agoTrump will withdraw Rwanda and South Africa from AGOABBC AfriquePolitics4h agoWhy South Africa's local elections matterDW News [en]Politics5h agoAgoa: why the United States is excluding South Africa and Rwanda from the trade agreementJeune AfriquePolitics5h ago5 questions to understand the stakes of local elections in South AfricaJeune AfriquePolitics10h agoTwo found guilty in theft from South African president's farmhouseAfricanews [en]Business22h agoUS to drop South Africa, Rwanda from duty-free trade initiativeDW News [en]