In 2022, the political stability and the absence of violence or terrorism index in South Africa was measured at minus 0.72 points. This was a slight improvement from the lowest recorded index of minus 0.75 points in the previous year. In July 2021, protests began in the KwaZulu-Natal province after the former president Jacob Zuma was imprisoned for contempt of court. This sparked a wave of civil unrest spreading to the Gauteng province as those affected by economic inequality exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic joined in. These violent riots involving destruction and looting of shopping malls, businesses and property were the worst the country has seen in the post-Apartheid era.
Political stability and absence of violence or terrorism index in South Africa from 2015 to 2022
The source states that political stability and absence of violence/terrorism measures the perception of how likely political instability and/or politically motivated violence is to occur, including acts of terrorism. The estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 (unstable) to 2.5 (stable).
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