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.