Active Incident
Internet outage in South Africa
South Africa · March 17, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in South Africa. 3 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
3%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
3% 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 Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMarch 17, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (3)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis3 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Western Cape"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.03
Mar 17, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Eastern Cape"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.03
Mar 17, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Mpumalanga"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.04
Mar 17, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in South Africa [ZA-2026-0012]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ZA-2026-0012