South Africa Arrests Nine Zimbabweans Leaving to Fight in Ukraine

               On November 9, South African law enforcement arrested nine Zimbabweans after they were allegedly trying to depart the country to fight in the war against Russia-Ukraine.  A multidisciplinary team arrested the defendants who are aged between 20 and 26.  South Africa has charged the defendants with violating South Africa’s Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act, which prohibits mercenary activity without government permission.  South African police arrest five persons at OR Tambo, South Africa’s largest airport, and another four at a hotel in Bruma, east of Johannesburg.  INTERPOL also participated in the law enforcement operations.