Improving South Africa’s maritime security

How should the country’s future strategy address security challenges and help build the blue economy?

Date: 2019-11-05

Time: 10:30 to 12:30

Venue: Conference room, ISS Pretoria, Block C, Brooklyn Court (paid parking available at Brooklyn Mall)

RSVP: Dolence Matabane, Phone: +27 12 346 9500, Email: [email protected]

Event map: https://issafrica.org/contact-us

Southern Africa faces numerous maritime security threats that undermine its economic and development potential. In response, South Africa is drafting a National Maritime Security Strategy (NMSS).

Yet despite drawing up several important maritime strategies, African states struggle to implement them owing to lack of resources and capacity. How will South Africa’s NMSS help it overcome this challenge while also addressing security threats and building it’s blue economy?

Chair: Dr Lisa Otto, Senior Researcher, SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg

Speakers: 

Metse Ralephenya, Director: Maritime Safety, Security and Environment Protection, Department of Transport

Rear Admiral David Mkhonto, Chief Director: Maritime Strategy, South African Navy

Timothy Walker, Senior Researcher, ISS