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South Africa 2026
दक्षिण अफ़्रीका
South Africa enters 2027 as a middle-income economy of 63.5 million people whose water and electricity प्रणालियाँ are under strain, whose food supply is currently ample, and whose floods have become deadly at provincial scale. Greenhouse-gas emissions were about 478 Mt CO₂e in 2022 excluding land use, with energy supplying 78% of the total.
- निष्कर्ष
- 12
- each with its status and source
- Sectors with findings
- 5 of 6
- Infrastructure not assessed
- Risk objects
- 4
- order carries no rank
- स्रोत
- 49
- Evidence close 30 September 2026
01 · Readings
South Africa in six readings.
Six readings that frame the South Africa baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.
02 · Sectors
Six sectors, one hexagon.
Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.
- WATजल2 findings
47% Wastewater प्रणालियाँ in a critical state, 2025 (released 2026). □रिपोर्ट किया गया
Many wastewater systems in a critical state; non-revenue water 47.3%; drinking-water quality reported as generally stable.
- ENEऊर्जा2 findings
749 GWh Energy shed by load-shedding, first half, 2025. □रिपोर्ट किया गया
Load-shedding energy down 82%; fleet availability near 58%; fossil fuels 83% of electricity.
- INFअवसंरचनाnot assessed
Ageing water networks and a stressed grid; roads cut in floods.
- FOOखाद्य1 finding
17.1 million t Maize harvest, forecast, 2026. □रिपोर्ट किया गया
Well above-average 2025 harvest; ample maize supply in 2026.
- HLTस्वास्थ्य1 finding
7.8 million People living with HIV, 2026. □रिपोर्ट किया गया
About 7.8 million people living with HIV; life expectancy 65.5 and 71.0 years.
- BIOजैव विविधता1 finding
Not bound Ecosystem threat status, national, 2025. ·Not bound
Headline figures of the 2025 assessment not bound.
Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 3, Finance 1, Systemic 1.
03 · Hazard exposure
The hazards this edition reads.
The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.
RSK-ZAF-CLI-001
Heavy-rain flooding in a populated province
□रिपोर्ट किया गयाEQL 3
- चालक
- intense rainfall and cut-off lows
- जोखिम-अनावरण
- informal settlements, roads, river corridors
- भेद्यता
- dense low-lying housing; damaged networks
- क्षमता
- disaster-management framework; warnings [25]
- कैस्केड
- CLI → INF, WAT, HLT
- क्षितिज
- वार्षिक
RSK-ZAF-WAT-002
Wastewater and supply system failure
□रिपोर्ट किया गयाEQL 4
- चालक
- poor maintenance, power loss, flood damage
- जोखिम-अनावरण
- rivers and towns downstream of critical प्रणालियाँ
- भेद्यता
- 47% of systems critical [9]
- क्षमता
- Green and Blue Drop oversight; turnaround evidence not bound
- कैस्केड
- WAT → HLT, BIO, FOO
- क्षितिज
- 1–5 years
RSK-ZAF-ENE-003
Electricity supply shortfall
□रिपोर्ट किया गयाEQL 4
- चालक
- low fleet availability and demand peaks
- जोखिम-अनावरण
- water works, clinics, industry, households
- भेद्यता
- availability near 58% [5]
- कैस्केड
- ENE → WAT, HLT, FIN
- क्षितिज
- 1–5 years
No domain reading
RSK-ZAF-CLI-004
Multi-year drought and water restriction
▲InferredEQL 3
- चालक
- successive dry seasons
- जोखिम-अनावरण
- metropolitan supply, irrigated farming
- भेद्यता
- high urban losses; dependence on few dams
- क्षमता
- demand management proven in Cape Town 2018 [18]
- कैस्केड
- CLI → WAT → FOO, FIN
- क्षितिज
- 1–5 years
Scenario · SCN-ZAF-PWR-01
Power shortfall and wastewater stress in a dense province
Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.
1 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them
- 1ENE → WATpumping and treatment lose power where backup is thin
- 2WAT → HLTuntreated discharge and supply gaps raise exposure to waterborne disease
- 3CLI → INFheavy rain damages roads and treatment works
- 4INF → FOOflooded roads delay food and fuel distribution
- 5ENE → FINrepair and tariff costs fall on municipal and household budgets
- 6WAT → HLTclinics that treat chronic disease lose water and power
04 · Couplings
How the sectors carry risk into each other.
The South Africa matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core प्रणालियाँ. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.
| से | WAT | ENE | FOO | HLT | BIO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAT | · | Strong | Strong | मध्यम | Strong |
| ENE | मध्यम | · | Strong | Strong | मध्यम |
| FOO | मध्यम | Weak | · | Strong | Strong |
| HLT | Weak | Weak | मध्यम | · | Weak |
| BIO | Strong | मध्यम | Strong | मध्यम | · |
Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.
Cascade paths, in the edition’s order
- ENE → WAT → HLTa supply shortfall interrupts pumping and treatment, and exposure to untreated water rises▲Inferred
- CLI → WAT → INFheavy rain damages treatment works and roads□रिपोर्ट किया गया
- CLI → INF → FOOflooded roads delay distribution to affected districts▲Inferred
- CLI → WAT → FOOmulti-year drought forces water restrictions on cities and farms□रिपोर्ट किया गया
- ENE → FINtariff rises load household and municipal budgets□रिपोर्ट किया गया
05 · Findings
Every finding of South Africa.
Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.
All 12 findings
| ID | संस्करण | Sector or system | स्थिति | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLI-001 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | CLI Climate forcing | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | Greenhouse-gas emissions were about 478 Mt CO₂e in 2022 excluding land use, and land use was a sink of 43.2 Mt CO₂e; energy supplied 78% of the total excluding land use. |
| CLI-002 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | CLI Climate forcing | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | The second climate contribution, submitted on 24 October 2025, sets a 2035 range of 320 to 380 Mt CO₂e including land use and names net zero for 2050; the Climate Action Tracker rates it insufficient. |
| ENE-003 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | ENE ऊर्जा | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | Energy shed by load-shedding fell 82% between the first halves of 2024 and 2025, to 749 GWh, while the Eskom fleet energy availability factor was 58%. |
| ENE-004 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | ENE ऊर्जा | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | Fossil fuels supplied 83% of electricity in 2025 on the Ember country profile, and solar and wind 13%; national tariffs have risen 190% since 2014. |
| WAT-005 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | WAT जल | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | In the 2025 Green Drop assessment 47% of 848 wastewater प्रणालियाँ were in a critical state, up from 39%, and systems rated excellent or good fell from 14% to 8%. |
| WAT-006 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | WAT जल | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | राजस्व-रहित जल was 47.3% nationally in the 2025 assessment, close to the 47.4% of 2023, and Gauteng lost about 431 billion litres a year. |
| FOO-007 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | FOO खाद्य | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | The 2025 maize harvest was well above average and the 2026 harvest is forecast at 17.1 million tonnes, with cereals at about 19.5 million tonnes. |
| HLT-008 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | HLT स्वास्थ्य | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | About 7.8 million people were living with HIV in 2026, and life expectancy at birth was 65.5 years for men and 71.0 for women; 10.7% of the population was 60 or over. |
| BIO-009 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | BIO जैव विविधता | · Not bound | The 2025 National Biodiversity Assessment was launched on 9 December 2025. Its headline figures are not bound in this edition. |
| FIN-010 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | FIN वित्त | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | The IMF projects real GDP growth of 1.1% for 2026, and the 2026 electricity tariff increase of 8.76% compares with a 4.5% inflation forecast. |
| CLI-011 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | CLI Climate forcing | □ रिपोर्ट किया गया | The April 2022 floods in KwaZulu-Natal killed 459 people, and the June 2025 floods in the Eastern Cape killed 102 by the provincial count. |
| SYS-012 | दक्षिण अफ़्रीका | SYS प्रणालीगत | ◎ Expert input | The leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a power shortfall in a dense province whose wastewater systems are already in a critical state, with heavy rain added. |
06 · Editions and calendar
The desks’ editions for South Africa.
| डेस्क | संस्करण | स्थिति | पहचानकर्ता |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCRI Systems Evidence | South Africa 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review | NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 |
| GRF Public Deliberation | Public Deliberation: South Africa 2026 | तैयारी में | |
| GRA Capital Readiness | Capital Readiness: South Africa 2026 | तैयारी में | |
| Standards Progress | No edition in the 2026 Baseline cycle | Not in this cycle | |
| Academy Capability | No edition in the 2026 Baseline cycle | Not in this cycle | |
| Index Measurement | Measurement: South Africa 2026 | तैयारी में |
Calendar · 2026 Baseline
- 01Call opensset by the editor
- 02Contribution closeset by the editor
- 03साक्ष्य समापन30 September 2026
- 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
- 05Collection compilationset by the editor
- 06Collection releaseset by the editor
- 07सुधारafter release, as needed
Evidence cut NQ-ZAF-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.
07 · Take part
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सुधार लॉग
| संस्करण | तिथि | स्थिति | बदलाव | सूचना |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR-COUNTRY-ZAF-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 | October 2026 | DRAFT | Baseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition, | कोई नहीं |
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
| अंतराल | Shown here as | Proposed source |
|---|---|---|
| Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares) | the edition’s own risk objects, without values | the Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/zaf/ |
| The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objects | an editorial reading of the hazard words | the NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry |
| Infrastructure in the coupling matrix | Infrastructure marked not assessed | an Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut |
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