Whatever was happening at the base, people from the local villages say they have known about the training grounds for a while now, and report that the soldiers/security guards roamed around the nearby villages in groups, harassing people and ‘behaving in an almost arrogant manner’.
This past weekend, we were served with a reminder that every time security guards and armed response vehicles are out and about, they are putting their lives at risk.
Two security officers were sitting in a company patrol vehicle in Groblersdal, Polokwane when a pair of gunmen appeared out of nowhere.
Two security guards were shot in their patrol vehicle in full view of pedestrians and motorists in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
Very disturbing video footage has emerged – involving security guards beating foreign nationals with sjamboks outside a home affairs office in Pretoria. The foreigners were waiting in a queue to renew their refugee papers.