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August 2026 | South Africa GBV Tracker
9 indexed fatal people · 2 indexed serious non-fatal events. Reviewed 11 October 2026.
This calendar period has ended; the incomplete register remains open to late reports and corrections. This is an incomplete, nonprobability public-source register. It cannot estimate national incidence, prevalence or perpetrator distributions and must not be used to rank countries.
Counting note: fatal figures count people; serious non-fatal figures count distinct events. These are different units and should not be added together. See Methods & Data Dictionary →
Fatal people
| Stable ID · dates, evidence and sources | Person or safe identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| ZA-GBV-2026-001 | Nomhle Mbele, 26 | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-002 | Free State child · identity withheld | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-003 | Matwabeng woman (name not confirmed) | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-004 | Amanda Kosani, 37 | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-005 | Thandazile Thwala | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-006 | Jabulisile Josephina Tshabalala, 37 | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-007 | Bohlokong woman (name not confirmed), 22 | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-008 | Nontombi Poswa, 44 | Fatal person |
| ZA-GBV-2026-009 | Moeka Vuma girlfriend (name not confirmed) | Fatal person |
Serious non-fatal events
| Stable ID · dates, evidence and sources | Person or safe identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| ZA-NF-2026-001 | Limpopo child · identity withheld | Distinct non-fatal event |
| ZA-NF-2026-002 | North West adult survivor · identity withheld | Distinct non-fatal event |
Month and cumulative reconciliation
August: 9 fatal people / 2 non-fatal events. Cumulative from August through this month: 9 fatal people / 2 non-fatal events.
Fatal people and non-fatal events use different units. Linked survivors in one episode remain one non-fatal event. Full occurrence/discovery dates, provisional classifications, gender fields, justice status and source URLs are preserved in each linked history.
Research records outside totals
Open undated, unclassified and out-of-coverage leads. These are not additional counted cases for this month.
11 October correction note
ZA-GBV-2026-011: one September fatal person reclassified from the wider ZA-LEAD-2026-005, without double counting; September fatal 1→2. ZA-GBV-2026-012: October fatal person added. ZA-LEAD-2026-006 remains uncounted.
