Along the southern South African coast the current is referred to as the Agulhas Current, and is known to attain a flow of up to six knots when helped on its way by a strong north easterly wind.
Ngakwinxweme lentshona yomzantsi Afrika umsinga ubuzwa ngokuba ngumsinga weAgalhas, kwaye waziwa ngokuphumelela kukuphephezela kangangamaqhina amathandathu xa incedwe endleleni yawo ngumoya onamandla wasemzantsi mpuma.