As a followup to the story about South African mercenaries training members of Guinea’s ruthless junta: The South African government has begun investigations into the matter. Meanwhile the story gets more complicated, and perhaps alarming, as it seems that among the mercenaries is at least one former high-ranking member of the South African Police Services (SAPS). These South Africans are apparently working for a Dubai-based security company. The former SAPS policeman in question, Daniel Oosthuizen, was an 18-year veteran of the SAPS< meaning that he got its start with its apartheid-era predecessor, the South African Police (SAP). Many former apartheid security officials have found their way into the furtive world of private military operations, not a few of which have been involved in underhanded activities in foreign countries.
