India and South Africa signed agreements for submarine cooperation during 9th Joint Defence Committee (JDC) meeting held in South Africa.
South Africa (Capita: Pretoria)
Political features:
- Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
- Location:It is the southernmost country on the African continent.
- Land boundaries: Namibia (Northwest), Botswana and Zimbabwe (North), Mozambique and Eswatini (Northeast and East).
- Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South African territory.
- Maritime boundaries: Indian Ocean (Southeast) and the Atlantic Ocean (Southwest).
Geographical features:
- Natural resources: Gold, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, gem diamonds.
- South Africa was the World's leading chromite ore producer in 2022.
- Major Rivers: River Orange (drains into Atlantic), Limpopo (crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice and drains into the Indian Ocean)
- Mountain Range: Drakensberg.