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🚢 South Africa receiving a growing number of visiting foreign naval vessels

After several quiet years during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, naval visitors to South Africa are increasing in numbers, with military vessels from France, the UK, China, Russia, India, and Japan amongst those stopping in South Africa in recent years.

The latest visitor was the German Navy frigate FGS Baden-Wurttemberg, which in mid-November called in Cape Town as it returned from an Indo-Pacific deployment. The vessel took the long way home around the Cape as it avoided the Red Sea and potential Houthi attack.

Other naval visitors to South Africa in the 2024/25 financial year are the roll-on/roll-off UK sealift vessel Anvil Point; France’s L’Astrolabe polar patrol vessel, the Chinese frigate CNS Xuchang, the Japanese training vessels JS Kashima and JS shimakaze, the Chinese space tracking ship Yuan Wang 7, the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark, the Russian training vessel Smolny, and the UK’s landing helicopter dock RFA Argus and sealift ship Hurst Point.

https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/south-africa-receiving-a-growing-number-of-visiting-foreign-naval-vessels/


⚠️ A moderate earthquake struck western South Africa early Sunday morning, with tremors reported across several regions.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the magnitude 5.3 quake occurred at 2:51 a.m. local time (00:51 GMT), 101 km west of Brandvlei, a small town in the Northern Cape Province.

According to reports, tremors were felt all the way in Cape Town approx. 400km away


🎓🇿🇦 President Ramaphosa gives go ahead for full implementation of BELA Bill.

📝 According to the President's statement, the other parties of the GNU - including the liberal DA and conservative FF+ - agreed to the signing of the law. The Solidarity trade union announced that they will go ahead with legal action.


⚡️South Africa’s Eskom faces ‘existential problem’ as local councils fail to pay their bills

South Africa’s government has warned that power utility Eskom is facing an “existential crisis” after the amount of unpaid bills owed by local municipalities surged to a record R95bn ($5.2bn).

Outstanding municipal debt for power has jumped from R74.4bn at the end of March to R95bn currently, and is forecast to hit R110bn by the end of the first quarter. Money owed by the City of Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic powerhouse, jumped by almost 400 per cent.

https://ft.com/content/a2ebf9f5-705f-497a-b2b8-e0a861cb4938

📝 Due to rulings by South African courts, Eskom cannot switch off power to municipalities who fail to pay their debt as it only punishes end-users who have no control over municipal finances.


Only 47 000 out of 1.2 million rounds of looted ammunition recovered since July 2021 unrest

During the unrest, approximately 1.2 million rounds of ammunition and 800 000 primers were stolen from a shipment in the Mobeni industrial area during the violent disturbances.

The investigation led to the identification and arrest of 16 suspects on charges related to the possession of unlicensed ammunition. In total, 47 325 rounds of the stolen ammunition have been recovered to date.

Prior to the looting, the truck containing the ammunition was left unguarded at the driver’s work premises during the unrest. It was reported that the cargo was subsequently looted from this unsecured location.

https://www.protectionweb.co.za/police/ammunition-looted-during-the-july-2021-unrest-47-000-rounds-recovered-of-1-2-million-stolen/


✝️ 35,000 people attended the Day of the Vow festival at the Voortrekker Monument on Monday. Attendees eagerly awaited the clock striking 12 to see the sun light up the cenotaph at the center of the monument, which bears the inscription 'Ons vir jou Suid-Afrika' (We for thee, South Africa) — a line from the old South African anthem Die Stem.

Dr. Danie Langner, director of the monument, noted a remarkable increase in attendance by young people: “The future of our heritage is dependent on our children. The youth is our greatest investment.”

223 festivals were held across the globe to commemorate the day.

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Outgoing US ambassador Reuben Brigety insists South Africa shipped arms to Russia

Brigety, in an interview with Sunday Times said he stands by his allegation of Pretoria sending arms to Russia, despite results of an investigation which found no trace of weapons shipment to Moscow.

“When I was convoked by the foreign minister in May 2023 I apologised fully and unreservedly for speaking out of turn. Our governments have agreed that the substance of that matter will remain in official diplomatic channels,” the ambassador told the publication.

“This is a strategic relationship that has many aspects that both of us enjoy, and we look forward to continuing to work together.”

However, he stated that his remarks stand.

“My statement stands as it is. In following my statement, the president of the US and the secretary of State expressed their full confidence in my tenure,” Brigety was quoted as saying.

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sticking-to-his-guns-outgoing-us-ambassador-reuben-brigety-insists-south-africa-shipped-arms-to-russia-a4353184-cd5e-426c-8243-adb3ad41f74b


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The 16th of December marks the anniversary of the Battle of Blood River, where a small group of Boers, numbering less than 500, successfully defended themselves against a larger force of Zulus estimated to be between 15,000 and 30,000 in size. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Boers emerged victorious with only three injuries, while the Zulus suffered thousands of deaths.

Before the battle, the Boers made a vow to God, promising to build a church and observe the day of their victory as an annual Sabbath if God protected them and delivered the enemy into their hands. Since then, the Boers have celebrated the 16th of December as the Day of the Vow (Geloftedag) to honor this promise.

The Battle of Blood River and the preceding Vow are significant to the Boer people as they symbolize the origin myth of the Boer volk, who overcame great adversity and conquered harsh terrain through faith in God.

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🇺🇸🇿🇦🇲🇿 US spies land in SA to discuss Mozambique - Rapport

US intelligence officials were in South Africa last week to discuss the situation in Mozambique with their counterparts. Rising political tensions and a looming popular uprising have Mozambique on edge as the country holds its breath over the findings of an inquiry into October's national election, which the ruling party, Frelimo, won amid great controversy.

The Americans' C-17 Globemaster plane landed at the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIL). According to Rapport's sources, it is also here that meetings with the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee (NICOC) were held.

America has already had a training team in Mozambique for the last few years helping with the training of a specialist response unit in the Mozambican army.

At the same time, a British Air Force Airbus A400M landed in Gaborone, Botswana on Friday. The call sign of this aircraft indicates an emergency operational flight.

According to Rapport's aviation sources, several meetings have been held at the Lanseria airport in the last few days to discuss the emergency evacuation of various embassies and foreigners in Mozambique.

The respective forward teams in South Africa wanted to make sure, among other things, that there is enough fuel at Lanseria for additional flights to temporarily house their countrymen who may be removed from Mozambique before they fly out of the country.

The various agencies of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are all involved in these plans. The operations - should it become necessary - will be coordinated from South Africa and Botswana, Rapport learned. NICOC consists of representatives from state security, defense and crime intelligence, as well as the financial intelligence centre. Additional departments may also be involved

📝 Insiders in the intelligence community say the Americans and other embassy staff in Mozambique are already busy with contingency planning in anticipation of the constitutional council's verdict on the election. This ruling is expected shortly before Christmas.


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EFF leader Julius Malema says that violence that overthrows "white supremacy" would be "rooted in justice."

"Our revolution will require us to kill."

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Elon Musk drawing attention to farm murders once again.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1867518620240425297


📈💰🇿🇦 Elon Musk's net worth is now higher than South Africa's GDP


🚰 Johannesburg to cut water to 4 million residents this weekend

As many as four million Johannesburg residents could be left high and dry over this long weekend as water parastatals embark on a marathon maintenance project.

With a day to go before the 86-hour shutdown of the Eikenhof pump station and 36-hour maintenance on the Zwartkopjes pump station, Johannesburg residents have been warned to expect low pressure or no water at all in areas fed by those Rand Water stations.

The Rand Water pump station pumps purified water from the bulk supplier to two-thirds of Johannesburg's CBD, Deep South, and West.


🖼 Inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument, December 1949

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🇨🇳🇿🇦 China wants its major companies to move operations to South Africa

China is encouraging its electrical vehicle manufacturers to invest in South Africa as it seeks to broaden ties between the two nations.

“We encourage the Chinese companies to consider, very seriously consider, to move some of their assembly lines or value added in South Africa,” the Asian nation’s ambassador to South Africa Wu Peng said in a Bloomberg interview in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Chinese companies operating in South Africa are also expected to expand cooperation in critical areas such as infrastructure, new energy and mineral processing, Peng said.

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/804019/china-wants-its-major-companies-to-move-operations-to-south-africa/


Julius Malema slams ‘back-stabbing’ Jacob Zuma as South African left reshapes

South Africa’s populist firebrand Julius Malema has lashed out at his old rival Jacob Zuma as a “back stabber”, as he sought to scotch speculation that his leftist movement could soon merge with the former president’s upstart party.

Malema, whose Economic Freedom Fighters marked him out as the radical agitator of the country’s opposition, has been rattled by a number of recent defections to Zuma’s one-year-old political party, which defied expectations to win nearly 15 per cent in May’s election.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Malema dismissed the idea of coming together with Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) to unite the radical opposition, even though both parties champion stripping land from whites without payment, and nationalising mines and banks.

https://www.ft.com/content/3070a75a-a579-497e-8d7a-acc50e2dc46e


'Explosive device' thrown into Jewish Community Centre in Cape Town

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said on Tuesday metro police helped SAPS analyse CCTV footage after an alleged explosive device was thrown into the Jewish Community Centre in Gardens.

Cape South African Jewish Board of Deputies executive director Daniel Bloch said on Friday an “improvised explosive device” had been “thrown into the property and failed to detonate”.

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-12-10-explosive-device-thrown-into-jewish-community-centre-in-cape-town/


🇿🇦🇺🇸[South] Africa must prepare for Trump's comeback

Trump’s return presents African countries with an opportunity to take a proactive stance in shaping their political and economic relations with the US and developing resilient strategies instead of reacting to shifting US policies.

Key bilateral relationships, particularly between the US and South Africa, are expected to shift – stemming from US opposition to South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) case against Israel over Gaza, and the country’s close ties with China and Russia.

In particular, South Africa’s neutral position on the Russia-Ukraine war will be a point of tension in a second Trump presidency. The president is also opposed to South Africa’s growing partnership with China, which is amplified by China’s efforts to direct global trade away from the US and BRICS’ attempt at de-dollarisation, a move criticised by Trump.

Notable figures in Trump’s camp will also likely affect US-South Africa relations. For example, Senator Marco Rubio, the presumptive Secretary of State and a strong critic of China condemned South Africa’s decision to downgrade Taiwan’s embassy.

Trump’s pick for UN Ambassador, Elise Stefanik, was part of a petition condemning South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel, calling it an attempt to ‘demonize’ Israel. Michael Waltz led a push to review US-South Africa ties, a move Biden resisted, but with Waltz as Trump’s pick for National Security Advisor, it could gain momentum.

South Africa assumed the G20 chair on 1 December and will host the 2025 Johannesburg summit. The country now faces a dual challenge of maintaining neutrality while addressing growing geopolitical divisions – seeking to build consensus among G20 members and

https://issafrica.org/iss-today/africa-must-prepare-for-trump-s-comeback

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