Tag: Copper
Copper catastrophe: scrap dealers strip SA to fuel stolen red metal...
South Africa is suffering an unmitigated “copper catastrophe” – fuelled by infrastructure theft, sky-high copper prices and many scrap dealers exporting the red metal...
How the illicit copper trade is sapping South Africa
South Africa's economic woes are being compounded by the theft of massive amounts of copper from state firms Eskom and Transnet, much of which...
Good results from Op Copper deployment
The most recent Operation Copper deployment paid good dividends in tactical execution and also opened new doors for operational improvements.
The multi-platform deployment...
Shortage of air and naval assets turns Op Copper into a...
The tri-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) counter-piracy initiative in the Mozambique Channel – Operation Copper – has become largely a radio...
Antennas and copper cable stolen from Silvermine – again
The SA Navy has again had to revert to using communication links in Durban and aboard a submarine to maintain contact with...
Spioenkop “limping” back to Durban
SAS Spioenkop (F147), the Valour Class frigate tasked to be next on station for the counter-piracy Operation Copper last month, is on...
Navy to stay in Mozambique Channel until March 2014
The South African Navy will continue anti-piracy patrols in the Mozambique Channel until at least the end of March next year.
This is...
1 200 SANDF personnel in DRC
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has 1 244 personnel from 121 South African Infantry Battalion currently deployed in the Democratic...
More SANDF troops for the borders
The South African National Defence Force will deploy two more companies in the Northern Cape and North West Provinces as part of...
Navy resumes anti-piracy patrols after two-month hiatus
After an absence of two months, the South African Navy has resumed anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Mozambique.
The frigate SAS Amatola...
Harsh penalties for SA cable thieves
South Africa's new Second-Hand Goods Act will come into law from 1 April and allows the state to jail people who steal...
French frigate headed for Cape Town
The French Navy patrol frigate FS Nivose will make port in Cape Town on Saturday. The ship will again sail next Thursday.
The...
Zambia govt set to unveil pro-poor budget
Zambian finance minister Alexander Chikwanda is expected to unveil a pro-poor budget reflecting the shift in political priorities in Africa's biggest copper...
