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07/30/2004:

"SA security firm bids to guard Mugabe"

A Cape Town company which has already secured a R200-million contract to supply staff for a security mission to Angola is bidding for a contract to protect Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

Derek Davids, of International Intelligence Risk Management, the company contracted in a joint venture to protect strategic installations and personnel in Angola, admitted his firm had been in touch with the Zimbabwean government.

"I can confirm that (we) have officially communicated with the Zimbabwe government in connection with a contract to secure the principal (Mugabe) and to protect strategic properties and installations in that country."

Full Article : iol.co.za