A South African court postponed judgment on the citizenship dispute of beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina. Adetshina confronts deportation proceedings. She maintained that she was born in South Africa. In market updates, the South African rand strengthened considerably since the start of the Iran war.
Across the zone, Botswana blocked citizens from being recruited into the Russian military at airports in Botswana, South Africa, and Ethiopia. In nature updates, Yale E360 published information showing that rising carbon dioxide speeds the growth of grasses on the African savanna.