A camp where 95 Libyans were detained last month is illegal as it provided military-style training to people from a country in conflict.
South Africa authorities rounded up 95 Libyans in a raid at a farm that appeared to have been converted into a military training base. Image: X @SAPoliceServiceThe Libyans have been detained since July 26 when police raided the remote training camp near the town of White River about 360km east of Johannesburg.
Chauke did not give the nationalities of the instructors or say who contracted the training in South Africa.Some reports have said the group may have been sent to South Africa to train for the Libyan faction of strongmanChauke said South Africa’s Foreign Military Assistance Act makes it illegal to offer military or security training “to a foreign national who originates from a country where there is armed conflict.
The head of the company has rejected wrongdoing, telling the country’s Sunday Times newspaper that the men were being trained as security guards and had the correct study permits and visas.
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