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A south african Radio presenter faces court allegations she recruited men to fight Russia In ukraine war,
South African police said Nonkululeko Mntula was arrested along with four people following a tip-off.
The 39-year-old man is accused of recruiting four people and organizing their induction into the Russian army.
Three people were detained while trying to board a flight Russia Through united arab emiratesPolice said.
He said he believed another person had already traveled to Russia after being recruited by Mantula.
It’s illegal in South Africa Fighting for another country’s army without government permission.
Five suspects arrested in South Africa have been ordered detained until a bail hearing next week.
The arrest of Mantula, a presenter at the state broadcaster’s SAFM radio station, comes as police conduct a separate investigation into the daughter of South Africa’s former president. jacob juma Allegedly Another 17 people were tricked into fighting as mercenaries To Russia in Ukraine.
Duduzile Juma-Sambudla resigns as MLA Over allegations against his father’s opposition MK party last week.
He was accused by his step-sister of duping the men into traveling to Russia under the pretense that they would receive security training that would help them secure jobs.
The South African government said this month that it had received distress calls from 17 South Africans who had been forced to fight for a Russian mercenary group in eastern Ukraine and were now trapped there.
Another South African political party alleged it had information that the men’s passports and clothes were burned and their cell phones confiscated upon arrival in Russia.
The South African government launched a separate investigation into how these men came to the front lines of the war and is working with international law enforcement agencies to repatriate them.
Russia has been accused of recruiting people from other countries to fight in the war under the pretext of providing jobs.
It has also been accused of luring women from South Africa and other parts of Africa to work in Russian drone factories by promising them jobs in sectors such as catering and hospitality through social media campaigns.
The South African government has warned people to be wary of campaigns promoted by South African social media influencers promising jobs and study opportunities in Russia.
Juma-Sambudla, the former president’s daughter, has previously been accused of promoting Russian interests over the war in Ukraine.
A 2023 report by the international non-profit Center for Information Resilience said that Zuma-Sambudla’s social media accounts were instrumental in spreading pro-Russian messages.