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South Africa
The state of South Africa’s interdependent systems: water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline. The GCRI core edition is drafted and in stewardship review; the other desks in the remit write their own editions of this subject.
- Code
- ZAF
- Family
- Country Systems Risk and Resilience
- Region
- Africa
- Hub
- Pretoria
- Languages
- English + official languages
01 · Editions
Editions over time.
One Baseline Edition, then one edition each quarter. Quarters after the baseline are planned and have no content yet.
| Edition | Identifier | State | Evidence cut or quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline 2026 | NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 | Drafted, in stewardship review | set at evidence close |
| Q1 2027 | NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2027-Q1-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | State and agenda |
| Q2 2027 | NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2027-Q2-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | Evidence and build |
| Q3 2027 | NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2027-Q3-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | Stress test and readiness |
| Q4 2027 | NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2027-Q4-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | Annual flagship |
02 · Collection
The subject collection, across desks.
The subject collection holds the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) core edition and every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada into the Collection. The marked row is this desk.
| Desk | Edition | State |
|---|---|---|
| GCRI Systems Evidence | South Africa 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review |
| GRF Public Deliberation | Public Deliberation: South Africa 2026 | In preparation |
| GRA Capital Readiness | Capital Readiness: South Africa 2026 | In preparation |
| Standards Progress | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
| Academy Capability | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
| Index Measurement | Measurement: South Africa 2026 | In preparation |
03 · Frame
The eight chapters.
The core edition’s chapters on the frame every desk shares.
| Frame | Core edition chapter | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · The question | The coupled system | Read the chapter |
| 2 · Findings | Findings | Read the chapter |
| 3 · By system and sector | Systems and sectors | Read the chapter |
| 4 · Risk and capability | Risks and capability | Read the chapter |
| 5 · Scenario | Scenario cascade | Read the chapter |
| 6 · Readings | Readings from the other desks | Read the chapter |
| 7 · Agenda | The 2027 agenda | Read the chapter |
| 8 · In depth | Systems in depth | Read the chapter |
04 · Follow
Follow this subject.
- Releases and notices: each new edition and correction of this subject is listed there once deposited.
- Zenodo community nexusreports-gcri: every deposit of this desk, with its DOI.
- Contribute: evidence, a correction or a case for this subject, routed to the desk that takes it.
Contribute on South Africa.
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