Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher @issafrica 🌍 Tweeting in own capacity, RTs are not an endorsement
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Jun 11
Operation Copper helped position SA as a regional security leader when Somali #piracy threatened the Mozambique Channel in 2011.
But the piracy threat quickly waned – and given the SA Navy’s resource shortages, the operation now has little clear value. ISS Today by Tim Walker
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Timothy Walker retweeted
May 29
Les patrouilles navales conjointes qui avaient aidé à contenir la #piraterie somalienne sont affaiblies par la crise en mer Rouge et dans le détroit d’Ormuz.
Pendant ce temps, la pêche illégale continue de dévaster les moyens de subsistance côtiers — un problème non résolu qui pousse les populations vers la piraterie. 𝘐𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 @timwalker919 issafrica.org/fr/iss-today/r…
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Apr 9
France's Marine Nationale (Navy) Jeanne d'Arc 2026 task group, comprising Landing Helicopter Dock Dixmude and stealth frigate Aconit, departs Table Bay on Friday, having spent a week enjoying the hospitality of Cape Town. Bon voyage!
@MarineNationale @FranceCapeTown #SouthAfrica
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Apr 2
Antarctica is warming fast – and the geopolitical competition is heating up with it. Does South Africa have the strategy to match?
Read our Southern Africa Report by Daniela Marggraff
issafrica.org/research/south…
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Mar 31
🇦🇺 was proud to support @issafrica dialogues on maritime security & governance. Today’s session highlighted the growing importance of the Cape of Good Hope to global shipping. Australia and South Africa will continue working towards a peaceful & prosperous Indian Ocean region.
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South Africa has intercepted four Chinese-flagged fishing vessels for unauthorised entry into its territorial waters, Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Willie Aucamp said on Thursday. tinyurl.com/5eharmsp
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 26
That is not the story! The announcement of a panel is NOT the story because it has happened already. The STORY, the new development, or what you call "Breaking News" is that the INQUIRY is now being relocated from Defence Ministry to the Presidency, and the panel will report to the highest office. You may read what you want from that, but get the basics right because the relocation is important and speaks to some nuances - independence, trust, fear of interference, proximity to wrong doers?????So let's try again: "The inquiry into the MOSI III Naval Execise will now be moved from the Defence Ministry to the Presidency. The panel has a month to report the president."
Feb 26
[BREAKING NEWS] The presidency confirms that a panel will investigate the MOSI III Naval Exercise and have one month to report to the president.
Tune into #Newzroom405 for more.
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 26
The original BOI members were appointed by the Minister of Defence. But it was then pointed out that the Defence Act required the members to be members of the SANDF, which they were not. Major blunder! So the President had to take the BOI over to use the same Panel members.
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 25
SA Defence budget for 2026/27 has been released… and it’s a shocker!
Herewith a few comments upon a very quick review.
Total 2026/27 Defence budget is set at R57.606 bn, a nominal decrease of approx 2.48% from the 2025/26 adjusted budget of R59.072 bn.
What does this mean?
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 24
This vessel, BERTHA (9326055), was one of the “runaway” tankers following Maduro’s capture. It was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024, citing its role in shipping Iranian oil to foreign markets: home.treasury.gov/news/press….
Feb 24
Three boats ran and now all three have been captured.
Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the Bertha without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility. The vessel was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean and attempted to evade.
From the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, we tracked it and stopped it. No other nation has the global reach, endurance, or will to enforce sanctions at this distance.
International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned actors. By land, air, or sea, our forces will find you and deliver justice.
The Department of War will deny illicit actors and their proxies freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain.
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 23
A really interesting and valuable piece.
The truth about Chagos.
My essay for @thetimes on the deal I worked on in government and what it says about Britain, America and the great game for the Indian Ocean. thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 18
SAS Amatola, lead ship of the Valour class, partaking in the International Fleet Review in Vishakhapatnam, ahead of exercise Milan 2026. Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese was also present, with a delegation representing the South African Navy at the meeting of Naval chiefs later this week.
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 18
Le traité sur les #Chagos entre le Royaume-Uni et Maurice évoque à peine les Chagossiens : aucun calendrier de réinstallation, aucun engagement financier ni aucun rôle officiel dans la gouvernance de leurs îles.
𝘐𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 par Timothy Walker sur la nécessité d’une #JusticeBleue @timwalker919 issafrica.org/fr/iss-today/l…
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 16
SAS Amatola of the South African Navy is at anchor off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal, East coast of India this morning, accompanied by Indian and foreign warships for the International Fleet Review. She will later participate in the multinational maritime Exercise MILAN.
Jan 25
SA Navy frigate SAS AMATOLA departed Simon's Town a short while ago and is now in False Bay. She is due to attend the International Fleet Review and the MILAN multinational naval exercise in India.
Wishing fair winds and following seas.
@SANDF_ZA @indiannavy #SANavy #SouthAfrica
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 9
Chagossians need guarantees that #Mauritius will implement the #Chagos treaty in a way that delivers justice, dignity and viable futures.
Timothy Walker on the crucial role of #BlueJustice, in ISS Today @timwalker919 issafrica.org/iss-today/blue…
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Feb 5
[ON AIR] One of the world’s most pristine marine reserves is at the centre of a growing international controversy. Under a UK–Mauritius deal to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, fishing will be allowed in parts of a marine protected area (MPA) that has been closed for 16 years. Timothy Walker: Maritime Project Leader & Senior Researcher, @issafrica on #TheMorningBrief with Thulasizwe Simelane #sabcnews
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Jan 22
Some photos & video from today (22 Jan) at the Battle of Isandlwana
Note the British forces partaking and Red coat re-enactors
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Timothy Walker retweeted
Jan 23
[ON AIR] The French navy has intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Western Mediterranean suspected of belonging to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” highlighting ongoing European efforts to enforce sanctions aimed at curbing Moscow’s oil revenues used to finance its war in Ukraine. Timothy Walker: Maritime Project Leader & Senior Researcher, @issafrica on #TheMorningBrief with Thulasizwe Simelane #sabcnews
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Timothy Walker retweeted
There’s no valid excuse for Motshekga to be taking this long to set up a DOD Board of Inquiry. It also contradicts her statement last Friday that she had already established one.
Ramaphosa is also clearly in no hurry to force this along, despite how serious the allegations are.
Jan 22
For those holding their breath for the outcome of Angie's Board of Inquiry: The board members haven't been appointed yet, and neither have the terms of reference been finalised. So, six days after the announcement of a 7-day inquiry, nothing has happened
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Timothy Walker retweeted
It’s unclear why the Iranians took so much longer to depart. Exercise participants will typically leave immediately after an exercise is over, as a mark of diplomatic politeness, and the other participants left days ago.
I’d hope the reason was technical, rather than petulant.
Jan 21
Iranian warships leave Cape Town. Having completed the maritime Exercise Will for Peace last Friday, Iranian navy corvette Naghdi has only this morning departed Simon's Town harbour. At the same time, forward base ship Makran departed Table Bay Harbour in Cape Town.
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