This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.News24 reports that according to authorities, a 23-year-old Sandton man who was identified as a member of an elite sniping unit serving in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) did not seek authorisation to render military assistance to a foreign nation.
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) advised that Aaron Bayhack did not seek approval to join the IDF for the war in Gaza. The NCACC’s Peter Mashaba said that the matter was referred to the Hawks, after it was determined that Bayhack had not sought the committee’s approval to fight in the war. “We have checked our register, and the individual didn’t apply for authorisation as required [by] the provisions of the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act, Act 15 of 1998. The Gauteng Hawks are investigating the case,” he indicated. The Act requires any South African seeking to render military assistance in another country to first apply to the NCACC for the application to be considered by the Defence Minister. A Hawks spokesperson said investigations were underway but would not confirm Bayhack’s identity. In October last year, it was reported that Palestinian investigative journalist Younis Tirawi had identified Bayhack as a member of an elite sniper unit known as Refaim (Ghost in Hebrew). Bayhack appears in Tirawi’s documentary. A dossier submitted to the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority allegedly contains evidence that 15 South African citizens had been identified as serving in the IDF between 2016 and 2022.
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