South Africa is at risk from a wide range of natural and technological hazards that can lead to disasters such as droughts, floods, major fires, tornadoes, major oil spills and even earthquakes.
The South African energy supply is dominated by coal which constituted 69% of the primary energy supply in 2016, followed by crude oil with 14% and renewables with 11%.
Since the industrial revolution, episodes of poor air quality and pollution have become common phenomena in many cities across the world.
This online resource provides open access data and visualisations to support the planning and response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa.