The CEO of Psira said the owners of the training facility had breached the country’s immigration laws.
(The Post News)- The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (Psira) is considering legal action against service providers and individuals involved in the illegal military training camp that made headlines in Mpumalanga last month.
Psira held a press conference today to inform the public about the investigation into a suspected secret military camp in White River, where 95 Libyans were arrested.
Psira CEO Manabela Chauke said on July 18, they learned about the allegations that the Milites Dei Security Services (MDSS) company was conducting military training at the Mpumalanga farm from police.
Chauke said the company confirmed the immediate cessation of training on July 23 and offered to cooperate with the investigations.
He confirmed that MDSS is registered with the authority and has been accredited to train security grades E to C as of 2019.
However, the investigations discovered a second training facility located 7.5 km away from the original facility.
The Libyan nationals accused of immigration violations had allegedly entered the country under the pretence of training as security forces.
According to the Home Affairs Department, the Libyans had obtained visas in Tunisia using false information.
The security regulatory body confirmed that the training facility was illegal and that undisclosed instructors used fake military ranks.
Some of the findings showed that the training programmes and duration are longer than usual accredited training.
Some of the trainers were not South Africans.
The training standards are foreign and adopted from other countries.
The owners of the training facility had breached the country’s immigration laws.
Chauke said the owners of MDSS had received a suspension notice from the organisation on Tuesday.
The Libyans are due to appear in court again on August 26 as investigations continue into what their true intentions were in the country.
Chaotic scenes unfolded at their first court appearance on Monday as the suspects protested their innocence, demanded to be deported to Libya, and refused to be returned to their cells.
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