The Blue Economy and The Challenge of Maritime Security for South and
Southern Africa
A Symposium on South Africa’s Leadership Dilemmas in Promoting a Global South Dialogue
on
Governance in The Indian and South Atlantic Oceans
CONVENED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL DIALOGUE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA AND
THE
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION POLICY RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS UNIT(PRAU) IN COLLABORATION WITH SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEFENCE AND SECURITY
MANAGEMENT NETWORK, OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION SA AND FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG
PRETORIA
17 – 19 November 2014
PROGRAMME
DAY 1:
Monday, 17 November 2014
4TH Floor, Kgorong Building, UNISA Main campus
17:30 – 18:00
Arrivals
18:00 – 18:30
Welcome and Opening remarks
Siphamandla Zondi, Executive Director, IGD, UNISA
Lesiba Teffo, Director, STRI, College of Graduate Studies, UNISA
18: 30 – 19:00
Keynote address:
Roelf Meyer, Minister of Constitutional Affairs under President Nelson Mandela
and Chairman of the Defence Review (2011-2014)
19:00 – 20:00
Discussants:
 Prof. Jo-Ansie van Wyk, Department of Political Science, University of South
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Africa
 Prof. Chris Landsberg, SARChi, CHAIR, African Diplomacy & Foreign Policy,
University of Johannesburg
 Johan Potgieter, Captain (Ret.) South African Navy
20:00
Cocktail Dinner
DAY 2:
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
OR Tambo Building, DIRCO
Conference Room 2
8:45 - 9:25
Arrivals and registration
9:30 - 12:15
Inaugural Session
Welcome
Jerry Matjila Director-General, Department of International Relations and
Cooperation (TBC)
Symposium Overview
FA Kornegay, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Global DialogueUniversity of South Africa & Global Fellow, The Wilson Centre
Theme Keynote
Vice Admiral (Ret) J. Mudimu, CEO of Armscor and former Chief of the South
African Navy
MORNING SESSION
CHAIR:
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (TBC)
10:00 - 12:00
The Indian Ocean-South Atlantic Landscape
 South Africa’s ‘Gondwanan’ Maritime Domain: Indian & S. Atlantic oceans
and Antarctica: TBA
 The Emerging Indian Ocean landscape: security challenges & evolving
architecture of cooperation – IORA, IONS, etc. (Australia): Dennis Rumley,
Professor of Indian Ocean Studies, Distinguished Research Fellow,
Curtin University, Western Australia
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 An Indian Perspective on an Evolving Indian Ocean Governance
Architecture:
PK Gosh, Senior Fellow at the Observer Research
Foundation, New Delhi
 The Emerging South Atlantic landscape: security challenges & evolving
architecture of cooperation – ZPSCA, Gulf of Guinea Commission, etc. : Érico
Duarte, Assistant Professor on Strategic and International Studies,
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
11:05 – 11:20
Tea/Coffee
11:20-12:00
DISCUSSION
12:00-13:00
LUNCH
AFTERNOON PANEL ONE
CHAIR:
Robert Higgs Rear Admiral & Chief of SA Navy Staff
13:15-13:20
The African Maritime Landscape: Implications for SA & SADC
 Geostrategic and Foreign Policy Implications of the Defence Review:
Maritime security and naval challenges:
Nick Sendall, Defence
Secretariat, SA Dept. of Defence
 African Naval & Coastal Patrolling Issues: Cooperation, Capacity-Building,
Dialogue (i.e. Sea Power Africa): Charl Maritz, Commander of SAS Mendi,
SA Navy
 Africa’s Continental Challenge in Governing the Maritime Commons: The AU
Integrated Maritime Security Strategy :
Mokhele Tsietsi, Commander,
CEO, South African Maritime Authority (SAMA)
13:50-14:05
Tea/Coffee
14:05- 14:40
DISCUSSIONS
AFTERNOON PANEL TWO
CHAIR:
Prof. Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk, Director, Centre for Defence & Security
Management, University of the Witwatersrand
15:00-16:35
African Comparative Maritime Security Perspectives
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 The Abuja Declaration and the Challenge of Maritime Security Strategy in the
South Atlantic: Charles Ukeje, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of International
Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
 Maritime Security Challenges: The East African experience: Amb.
Mohammed Maundi, Director, Mozambique-Tanzania Centre for
Foreign Relations, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
 The SADC Maritime Security Strategy Revisited: A Mozambican perspective :
J.P.B Coelho, Director, Centro de Estudos Sociais de Braganca, Maputo,
Mozambique
 Discussant: Eastern & Southern African Maritime Reflections : Dr. Anita
Kiamba, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies,
University of Nairobi
16:05-16:35
DISCUSSION
DAY 3:
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
OR Tambo Building, DIRCO
Conference Room 2
The Blue Economy & IBSA and other Frameworks
8:30 - 9:00
Registration & Tea/Coffee
9:00-11:10
Theme Keynote
Renfrew Christie, Senior Professor and Dean of Research, University of
the Western Cape (Ret.)
MORNING SESSION
CHAIR:
Nolundi Dikweni, Director, Economic Affairs & Regional Organizations,
DIRCO
9:40-11:10
The Blue Economy in the Southern Oceans Nexus
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 Defining the Blue Economy as a South African Strategic Priority: Toward a
sustainable 10th province? : Prof. Jo-Ansie van Wyk, Department, Political
Science, University of South Africa
 Geoeconomic Patterns in the Southern Oceans: Trade & investment prospects
in a blue economy : Brendan Vickers, Head of Research, International
Trade & Economic Development Division, Department of Trade and
Industry
 Antarctica and a Blue Economy in the Southern Hemisphere: Arctic lessons
learned? : Amb. Tom Wheeler, Independent Commentator and former
diplomat
 Stakeholder Perspective: Cooperation and capacity-Building in the Maritime
Sector : (TBA)
10:40-11:10
DISCUSSION
11:10-11:25
Tea/Coffee
CHAIR:
Prof. Chris Landsberg, SARChi, CHAIR, African Diplomacy & Foreign
Policy, University, School of Humanities, University of Johannesburg
11:30-13:00
Frameworks: IBSA Trilateralism and other options
 IBSA Trilateralism and Prospects for Southern Oceans Cooperation: Indian
perspective :
Abhijit Singh, Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies &
Analysis
 IBSA Trilateralism and Prospects for Southern Oceans Cooperation:
Brazilian perspective:
Prof. Alcides Costa Vaz, Vice Director of the
Institute of International Studies, University of Brasilia
 IBSA Trilateralism and Prospects for Southern Oceans Cooperation: South
African perspective :
Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Fellow, Institute
for Global Dialogue-UNISA and Independent Consultant
 Diplomatic Reflections: India, Brazil, South Africa (DIRCO)
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12:35-13:00
DISCUSSION
13:00-14:00
LUNCH
VALEDICTORY SESSION
14:00-15:30
CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE & DISCUSSION: Reference Group Reflections
on the way forward – Strategic Dimensions & the blue economy
 Moderator: Annette Leijenaar, Division Head, Conflict Management
& Peacebuilding, Institute of Security Studies
 Helmoed Heitmann, Independent Analyst
 Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk, Director, Centre for Defence & Security
Management, Wits
 Robert Higgs, Rear Admiral & Chief of SA Navy Staff
15:30-16:00
Closing Statement & Vote of Thanks
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