While the exercise follows a similar event in 2019, it comes about a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, an event that brought into the open South Africa’s close ties with Russia due to historical support for the African country’s liberation struggle and their joint membership of the BRICS group of nations.
The US, Germany, Japan and the UK are leading trading partners for South Africa, while Russia isn’t in the top 15. Spokespeople from South Africa’s defense ministry and navy didn’t answer calls made to their phones or immediately reply to emails. In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy.
_Business Better have a relationship with Russia and China than having a relationship with the devils like the USA and Europe.
_Business Welcome the Russian navy. Uraaa. Uraaa Russia.
_Business Monkey business people..it's that simple
_Business Yeah let's create ties with Russia and China. Really....we barely have electricity but let's go to war for ...
_Business Lol won't surprise me if we start world war 3 ..with our useless sandf
_Business Mm, Australian wine is looking good….
_Business Noice, the commie coalition can begin
_Business well, let us hope there will be sanctions, our government needs to be taught a serious lesson, that have played with us for way too long
_Business What does SA care. Russia and China are its biggest investors and expect things in return for all the money they give the ANC, note I said they give the ANC not the South African public. It’s another version of state capture this time by Russia and China
_Business Good move
_Business ANC always on the wrong side of history and on the side of personal greed and dictatorships.
_Business Relations my foot
_Business Ukraine yellow kitchen: Shock at image of apartment wrecked by strike
_Business Our Navy? With what ships? 2 row boats and a ruberduck.
_Business Crazy
_Business What !?!? Hell no why why why How can this happen allowing a country that sent. It's entire army and all his heavy and deadlyest weapons to a nother country and just murder woman and children and yes I know this back ground history of y his doing wat his doing but in da past
_Business The ANC and its offshoots clearly worship communists and kiss up to them even though they commit evil deeds such as the invasion of Ukraine.
_Business There's nothing wrong with them Russians coming. Sometimes it's better to choose principles over eating and the fear of bullies.
VusiSambo _Business I anticipate fighting the SANDF.
_Business SA has a navy! Serious?
_Business So we can hold military exercises with America in our land, but we can't hold military exercises with Russia and China thousands of km away🤔
_Business Amen
_Business Maybe our VP’s doctor is coming to do a house call.
_Business What a bunch of plonkers
_Business Biggest trading partner that only loots and dumps it's goods in Africa?
_Business What are we bring to the party - rowing boats?
_Business cool. more money wasted that could have been spent on Eskom. Nice to know you guys care.
_Business Thats stupid. Friends with the devil.
_Business Now THIS is getting bloody serious ANC....what the HELL are you playing at?
_Business SA has warships and a navy
_Business Yeap we said it south africa is becoming zimbabwe kancane kancane nje kuyavela thats how zimbabwe got to its knees kanje so
_Business Let that Western regime partners Baleka we are a Brics member you WMC media just want to come threaten us with non existent Western nonsense.
_Business During WWII, the ANC did not condemn the greatest genocidal crime against humanity ever committed. True to form, it is now on the side of those committing the greatest genocidal crime against humanity since the Holocaust.
_Business Our army is useless, we can’t be suffering like this bethule nje bona? Isn’t their loyalty is suppose to be with us citizens
_Business So Russia and China will do exercises and SA will stand on the beach and watch
_Business Never thought i would say this but good job ANC
_Business Are we not part of BRICS!
_Business I don't understand why White South Africans are so negative about everything the government tries, it's only when there's a yt person in a leadership position where they promote and be optimistic. Check Eskom, they rather blame the ANC than to rather go for the yt head honco😂
_Business The SA government will drag our country further into the dark ages by working with the communist and especially Russia
_Business Hopefully the US and Europe pulls all development aid in tandem. You reap what you sow.
_Business Is this why America is suddenly so interested in 'strengthening ties' with Africa?
_Business BRICS is not a defense pact, it is a trading partnership. Why, oh why, is the ANC dragging us into foreign conflicts?
_Business We have a ship left?
_Business Everyone has a price and it seems SA has been sold over and over again at the expense of the people and the economy. What a shit show.
_Business We’re members of BRICS
_Business Do we have any naval vessels that work. Sure that like everything else run by the ANC that maintenance has been lacking. The ANC is also risking the imposition of sanctions by sucking up to Russia. No doubt money has probably lined a few pockets.
_Business It’s ok. Our economy is already totally fucked so what’s a little bit more fucking going to change?
_Business UK and US what we benefiting in those countries accept that they are milking our natural resources 24 news we can go on USA and stayed there coz ur are useless in South Africa
_Business En n paar maande later staan ons weer bakhand by die Weste......
_Business Russia is our best friend we should go through wit it
_Business We have a navy? 🤷♂️
_Business True to form PresidencyZA will always choose the side of the aggressor and condones the violation of international law and war crimes.
_Business This will cause SA downfall completely. Russia has never been a friend of SA.
_Business This government of ours simply doesn’t get it.
_Business We’ve got a navy?
_Business The decline of the west.
_Business Russia is our partner, who's criticism not the Germans or Europe eating our coal while we loadshedding
_Business SA still has ships that can sail that far? Amazing. Anyway hope they have fun. Navy will soon be non existent like everything else ANC has touched.
_Business Criticism from who?
_Business If oil can be cheaper..then I don't mind