WARNING: All illegal military training camp property can be forfeited to the State…

Operators of illegal military training camps risk losing everything. This is the warning from Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) CEO Manabela Chauke. In this interview with BizNews, he says: “…should you be found guilty, you can even have everything forfeited to the State, including the farm that you're using.” Giving an update on investigations into the illegal military training camp where 95 Libyans were arrested recently, he says: “The main issue here is that you are not supposed to give military assistance to foreign nationals who come from a country where there is instability.” He describes the line that is drawn between tactical training and military-style training. He also details how PSiRA sent a specialist team to the farm where one training facility was registered, but the other - several kilometres away - was not. “They sent the pictures back for us to make an assessment, and we beefed up the team with an additional investigation, and all other forces then ascended there, the South African Police, National Defense Force, Home Affairs…we actually shut down the training even before the arrest took place.”