Stories per day — last 30 days
Last 14 days
| Day | Stories | Tone | Conflict |
|---|
| 2026-10-21 | 7,321 | -1.6 | 30% |
| 2026-10-20 | 8,898 | -3.7 | 33% |
| 2026-10-19 | 8,785 | -2.5 | 26% |
| 2026-10-18 | 4,320 | -1.8 | 26% |
| 2026-10-17 | 10,513 | -1.5 | 29% |
| 2026-10-16 | 8,286 | -3.1 | 29% |
| 2026-10-15 | 7,587 | -2.7 | 32% |
| 2026-10-14 | 9,814 | -3.0 | 33% |
| 2026-10-13 | 9,328 | -2.6 | 31% |
| 2026-10-12 | 8,507 | -2.8 | 29% |
| 2026-10-11 | 4,693 | -3.1 | 34% |
| 2026-10-10 | 4,214 | -2.7 | 32% |
| 2026-10-09 | 16,514 | -3.5 | 38% |
| 2026-10-08 | 11,244 | -3.6 | 31% |
Counts are stories mentioning South Africa in GDELT's open event data.
Tone is GDELT's average document tone (negative = grimmer coverage); conflict share is the
portion of events classed as verbal or material conflict.