The UK is pressing South Africa to soften the impact of a controversial anti-mercenary bill that could stop South Africans serving in the British Army and prevent them from working for private security companies worldwide. South Africa’s parliament passed the bill last year after international criticism of the role of South African mercenaries in events such as the high-profile alleged plot in 2004 to stage a coup in the oil-rich western African nation of Equatorial Guinea.
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is it tru that the bill was signed in by President Thabo Mbeki on the 12th of November 2007 and Things should start happening after Parliament resides on the 17th of January. The bill gives those affected 6 months to sort out their situations
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