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South Africa: Russia Rules Out Hypersonic Missile Launch Off South Africa
DW, 22 February 2023
A Russian ship loaded with hypersonic missiles will take part in joint naval drills with China off South Africa's eastern coast this week. But a Russian commander denied there were… Read more »
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South Africa: What Joint Drills With South African, Russian Navies Mean for China
VOA, 21 February 2023
South Africa is under fire for hosting joint naval exercises with Russia during the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, with critics saying it will be a propaganda… Read more »
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South Africa: Russia-China Naval Exercises Strain Ties With West
DW, 16 February 2023
Pretoria's Western allies are unhappy about South Africa hosting upcoming joint naval exercises with Russia and China. Historical ties between Moscow and the ruling ANC may explain… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Risks U.S. Ire By Staging Naval Exercises With China and Russia
RFI, 13 February 2023
In a controversial move that has strained its relationships with the EU and the US, South Africa will host naval exercises off its eastern coast with Chinese and Russian ships. The… Read more »
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South Africa: SANDF to Host China and Russia for Multilateral Maritime Exercises
SAnews.gov.za, 20 January 2023
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will host a multinational maritime exercise with Russia and China over a 10-day period to strengthen the already flourishing… Read more »
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South Africa: Ukrainians in South Africa Protest Russian Battleship
VOA, 15 February 2023
A group of Ukrainian protesters have sailed a yacht close to a Russian warship docked in Cape Town ahead of South Africa-hosted wargames with the Russian and Chinese navies.… Read more »
South Africa's Drills With Russia, China Strain Ties With West
South Africa is hosting a joint naval exercise, Exercise Mosi II, with Russia and China.
The Russian military frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" was greeted by protests when it arrived in Cape Town harbour ahead of naval exercises hosted by South Africa from February 17 to 27, 2023. This year's exercise will see over 350 South African National Defence Force personnel from various divisions participating.
South Africa's Western allies are unhappy about the exercise. The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said - in a joint press conference with his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor - that the planned naval activities were "not the best thing."
The exercise coincides with the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Observers find extremely awkward especially because South Africa has refused to condemn Moscow's aggression, insisting it wants to stay neutral.
South Africa is part of the BRICS group with Russia, India, China, and Brazil which was started as a forum for trade ties among rising economic powers.
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'Admiral Gorshkov' is a class of frigates of the Russian Navy (file photo).
