The area of the sea adjacent to the coast that falls within a distance of twelve nautical miles from the baselines established along the coastline. Note the twelve mile limit has been established for the RSA in The Maritime Zones Act No 15 of 1994 and although generally observed off all coasts it has not yet been accepted by all the maritime nations.
Ingingqi yolwandle emelene nonxweme olukufutshane kwimayile eziqhelekileyo ezilishumi elinambini ukusuka kwindawo ezenziwe kufutshane nonxweme. Qhaphela unyino lwemayile ezilishumi elinambini lwenzelwe uMthetho woMmandla woMkhosi wamanzi wase-RSA ongunombolo 15 ka-1994 nangona ujonge onke amanxweme jikelele awukomkelwa zizo zonke izizwe zobumatiloshe.