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South Africa: Deaths in one-sided violence against civilians

0deaths · 2025

Civilians killed deliberately by a government or organised group. Summed from UCDP's events by country and year (best estimate). Events in Gaza and the West Bank, which UCDP files under Israel, are counted under West Bank and Gaza. From a country's first recorded event onward, a year with no events is zero. Annual figures for South Africa from 1989 to 2025.

19892025

Every year

YearValue (deaths)Note
20250
20243
20232
20220
20210
20207
20191
20181
20170
20160
20150
20140
20130
20120
20110
20101
20090
20080
20070
20060
20050
20040
20030
20022
20010
20000
19990
19980
19970
19960
19950
199475
1993226
199296
199178
1990216
198957

Source

Published by UCDP, produced by Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UCDP (2026). Deaths in one-sided violence against civilians. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ucdp-deaths-one-sided (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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