Active Incident
Confirmed: network disruption in South Africa
South Africa · January 12, 2026 · 48 days
IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 51 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
11%
Anomaly Rate
7
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
11% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJanuary 12, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (185)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis185 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Northern Cape"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.07
Mar 2, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for North West"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.21
Feb 24, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Limpopo"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Feb 24, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for North West"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.06
Feb 13, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Eastern Cape"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.03
Feb 12, 2026
View source →+ 180 more IODA records
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: network disruption in South Africa [ZA-2026-0001]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ZA-2026-0001