Saturday, 15 September 2012
Why do black youths get military training in SAfrican squatter camps?
Sep 14 2012 Muldersdrift, Gauteng - In an exclusive expose, the Pro-Afrikaans Action Group (PRAAG) revealed that a secret youth-militia is being trained in squatter camps around Johannesburg. Report
(also: related articles on training of black youths in squatter camps and at Narysec:
Dan Roodt writes that after their training these youths receive a monthly stipend R2,200 paid out to them in cash by people who travel in state-vehicles with government license plates. (note by editor: the 'Narysec*' recruits receive a stipend of only R1,320 per month).
Praag obtained first-hand information that the secret militia-training could be related to the government's so-called National Rural Youth Service Corps, NASYREC* (details below this article) -- however there were differences -- other than Narysec, the secret youth militia is 'purely military', writes PRAAG, noting that a special focus in training the youth-militias in the use of automatic military carbines is seen. "Apparently the new youth-militia is under the control of specially-selected police officers,' he writes.
Above: Dan Roodt writes that the youth-militia-trainees received cash payouts of more than R2,100, whereas the ‘Narysec’ trainees received a monthly stipend of about R1,300 during training according to government documents. He also revealed that older men were also being recruited. Questions were also raised in the Western Cape ‘s political circles about the ANC youth league’s members getting militia-training under the guise of ‘rural census-takers:
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Roodt: "It is known that a considerable number of SAPS-members are former members of Umkhonte we Sizwe, the ANC militia during its armed struggle (Spear of the Nation). PRAAG has a secret security report in which it is described how a captain Mokwena of the Muldersdrift SAPS has been training black youths in squatter camps since Oct/November 2011 including at the Joe Slovo squatter camp near Lanseria airport.
Mokwena is involved in the community-policing forums in the area. According to the report 'several meetings were held at the Joe Slovo Squatter camp in which youths were told that they are being recruited for the SAPS forum'. "Only youths with matric-certificates were being sought for training. They were also told that they would have to attend lectures and would receive a monthly salary for doing so.' In the Joe Slovo squatter camp a police-forum member, Ms Ntshabeleng, helped captain Mokwena recruit about ten members from the squatter camp, and similar recruitments also took place in other squatter camps in the same area.' PRAAG notes that the safety in the Muldersdrift area has become very tenuous for residents with the number of very violent crimes and murders rising.
