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South Africa: conflict events in October 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data.

1events3 the month before
1est. deaths
0civilian deaths

South Africa saw 1 recorded events and 1 estimated deaths in October 2025. That is -67% compared with 3 events the month before.

100% of the month's events were non-state conflict.

The most active pairing was Black Axe - SVC with 1 events.

Where events happened

2025-10-09: Black Axe vs SVC (1 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in South Africa, October 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Regions, October 2025

RegionEventsEst. deaths
KwaZulu-Natal province11

Deadliest events, October 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
9 Oct 2025eThekwini municipality
KwaZulu-Natal province
Black Axe vs SVC
Non-state, 2 sources
1

Parties

PartyEvents
Black Axe1
SVC1

Type of violence

CategoryEvents
State-based0
Non-state1
One-sided0

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. Counts use the "best" fatality estimate. See methodology.