Archive for the 'South Africa' Category

Call To Action: Free South African Security Contractor Philip Young From Afghan Prison!!!

     One operator said Phil Young had shot the Afghan guard in order to stop the bloodbath. According to the operator, the dead man’s brother was well-known in Taliban ranks. His family lived in a Taliban stronghold on the Pakistani border.    
     Trouble maker. The guard had apparently been a troublemaker for some time […]

Iraq: The Forgotten Four–South Africans Kidnapped In 2006 But Families Still Wait

     Pierre Durant, her brother-in-law, believes that he is the only person still actively looking for the men, who were seized at a rogue police checkpoint in the north east of the Iraqi capital on December 10, 2006. He has travelled to Iraq eight times to hunt for clues and to attempt to put pressure […]

Industry Talk: How To Feel Safe At The World Cup

   This is great that the Toronto Sun actually published this, and I think Sunil is probably pretty happy with that kind of press.  World Cup is coming, and there are lots of security companies that your country can do business with in order to protect your athletes or visiting fans.  I also think it […]

South Africa: Teams Hire Warzone Guards For World Cup

   Hopefully this isn’t a sign of things to come for the World Cup.  I know a few readers are involved with the private side of security for this event in South Africa, and I wish you guys all the best. -Matt
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Police escort Ivory Coast’s soccer team from Angola on Saturday. 
Togo Deaths Stir Fear Ahead […]

Military News: 30% of South African National Defense Force is Infected With the AIDS Virus

   Boy, I would not want to be in a military where 30% of it’s soldiers had AIDS.  These men and women could potentially infect others, both through sexual activity, but also through the gruesomeness of warfare. An IED will take one man’s fluids, and inject them into another’s body, through the means of an […]

Film: ‘District 9′, Another Attack on PMC’s

As the movie begins, a wave of violent prawn unrest — not unlike the one that rocked South Africa’s real townships only last month — has prompted the good people of Jo’burg to crave even greater distance from their subhuman neighbors, and a forced relocation of all alien residents to a Guantánamo-style tent city known […]

South Africa: SA Contractor and Former Police Officer Killed in Uganda Crash

   Rest in peace, and condolences to the friends and family of Duncan.  The website below didn’t have a press release yet, and is pretty thin on info.  -Matt
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SA ex-cop killed in Uganda crash
The Times 
Published:Mar 11, 2009
A former special operations policeman from Pretoria was among 11 people killed in a plane crash in Uganda this […]

Industry Talk: Eeben Barlow’s Military and Security Blog

   I would like to do a little promotion of a blog, of a very significant company and individual that certainly has had an impact on the industry.  Mr. Barlow and his company called Executive Outcomes was very busy in Africa back in the day.  EO’s accomplishments are legendary, and I highly recommend reading the […]

News: South African Bodyguards Save Mumbai Hostages

SA ‘heroes’ save Mumbai hostages
November 28, 2008
BBC
A team of South African bodyguards have been explaining how they led 120 hostages to safety from a hotel seized by gunmen in the Indian city, Mumbai.
The guards, armed only with knives and meat cleavers, helped other hotel guests to safety down a fire escape.
They carried a traumatised old […]