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The brief argues that Southern Africa can leverage geopolitical instability in the Middle East by establishing a 'Cape Corridor Assurance Framework'. This framework would integrate regional maritime coordination and national Vessel Traffic Services to provide risk bulletins and performance KPIs for insurers. Key recommendations include a 'Clean-Corridor Compliance Code' to deter shadow-fleet activity, protecting subsea cable infrastructure, and enhancing green-fuel bunkering at specific ports to ensure the route is visible, managed, and insurable.

The document examines the role of defence cooperation within the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) framework, specifically focusing on the IBSAMAR naval exercises. It notes that while South Africa is the weakest military power among the three, it can use these political platforms to promote its domestic arms industry, such as Denel, and engage in technical collaborations like the trilateral satellite programme to enhance maritime and border monitoring.

The report details the systematic efforts by the Botswana government to evict the Gana and Gwi San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). It argues that while the government claims the relocation is for the provision of state services, the actual motivations are likely economic, specifically related to diamond deposits in the region. The document highlights human rights violations, including the cutting off of water supplies and the use of torture, and notes a legal challenge filed by 243 San community members in April 2002.

This briefing by the Institute for Security Studies examines the environmental risks associated with the Red Sea crisis, highlighting how military conflict and the rerouting of shipping traffic threaten marine ecosystems, increase carbon emissions, and jeopardize the food security of coastal populations in Africa.