🇿🇦 South Africa In power: LEFT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
26
ANC / EFF / Progressive
Governing side
RIGHT
24
DA / FF+ / Conservative
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to South Africa political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
-32 / +34
Politicians
-27 / +26
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
June 2024
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Government of National Unity formation after hung election
September 2024
│
Farm-murder debate and vigilante rhetoric spike
February 2025
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Budget and service-delivery protest rhetoric
May 2025
│
Election anniversary polarization
July 2025
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July 2021 unrest anniversary and EFF radical rhetoric
September 2025
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Expropriation/land reform threat rhetoric
March 2026
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Power and service-delivery protest confrontations
May 2026
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Local government election campaign rhetoric
July 2026
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Winter service-delivery and xenophobia rhetoric
September 2026
│
Anti-migrant attacks prompt Nigeria to freeze official contacts
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology