A South African court delayed its ruling on the legal standing of beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina. Adetshina might be deported. She maintained that she was born in South Africa. In economic updates, the South African rand reached its strongest level since the beginning of the Iran war.
Across the area, Botswana stopped its citizens from being recruited into the Russian military at airports in Botswana, South Africa, and Ethiopia. In environmental news, Yale E360 released data showing that rising carbon dioxide speeds the growth of grasses on the African savanna.