After almost four months in charge of a regional intervention force deployed to restore peace to eastern DRC, the South African is frustrated by a shortage of men and resources. And a chronically strained relationship with MONUSCO isn't helping.
In a bid to increase his influence, Babagana Zulum is imposing numerous conditions on a humanitarian aid programme in his home state. The European Union is now looking to provide support elsewhere in the country.
A surprise legal challenge from APM Terminals is forcing the new management at the state-owned logistics group Transnet to defend their decision to award Durban port Pier 2 to Filipino ICTSI before the South African courts.
Spanish, Turkish and South Korean firms could all enter the competition alongside the French company Naval Group, despite the many financial and technical questions still surrounding the new port activities in the economic capital.