Pirate war: SA gets its hooks into maritime menace

21 November 2018 - 06:30 By Bobby Jordan
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Piracy is one of the areas the new multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on.
Piracy is one of the areas the new multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on.
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State capture may be on the retreat in Saxonwold, but not out at sea where SA’s resources are still being pillaged by a faceless foe.

But there is hope, with a new initiative involving satellites, military hardware and brainpower helping the long arm of the law get to illegal fishermen and marauding pirates.

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