Anti-piracy exercise

Commanding officers in the South African Navy and the German Navy taskforce last week undertook a series of joint naval exercises in antipiracy operations near Simons Town Naval Base. Held every two years, the joint exercise – Exercise Good Hope – deployed the German frigate Luebeck and a South African corvette SAS Isandlwana, which had recently been involved in anti-piracy patrols, according to BuaNews.