South African official says drills with Russia, Iran, China and others key to protecting ‘maritime economic activities’.

Chinese, Russian, and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills off South Africa’s Cape Town coast, amid high ...

The exercises were to "ensure the safety of shipping lanes and maritime economic activities", says the joint taskforce ...

It is part of the BRICS Exercise 'Will for Peace 2026' which continues till mid-January. The drills aim to deepen military ...

Gumede explained that the African National Congress (ANC), the party that brought liberation to South Africa in 1994, sees ...

Two ships from Iran — the destroyer Jamaran and the warship Mahdavai — have arrived at Simon’s Town, outside Cape Town, as ...

The South African Navy says this week’s multi-national maritime exercise, WILL FOR PEACE 2026, which takes place in South African waters, is aimed at skills and knowledge transfer as well as ...

Multinational naval exercises titled “Will for Peace 2026” officially commenced on January 10 in South Africa’s territorial ...

Seven warships from five nations have docked at Simon’s Town naval base for the Will For Peace exercise, a multinational ...

BRICS Plus is a broader configuration of the original Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa alliance, which now ...