SA anti-piracy warships on station in the Mozambican Channel

The New Age reports that South Africa has placed its warships on station in the Mozambican Channel to counter the problem of piracy at sea, which costs the world at least R85bn a year.

26 Jul 2012

The SAS Amatola is pictured here. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

It is thanks largely to the efforts of the SA Navy and the country's geographic location at a recognised naval choke point, that South Africa - one of the top 12 sea-trading nations in the world - has not yet been directly affected by piracy, according to The New Age.

South Africa, with arguably the strongest navy on the continent, has taken the lead in the SADC region to stop piracy. The first South African ship to be an active part of a suspected pirate interdiction was SAS Drakensberg, the Navy's sole support ship, The New Age says.

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