the controversy from which he would have gone well
Orange with 6Medias, published on Monday, January 30, 2023 at 5:40 p.m.
A Swiss MP questioned the status of the explorer, pinned during an investigation broadcast by Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) on January 19 for having participated in military operations at the end of the Apartheid regime, in the 1980s, reports Le Parisien on Saturday January 28.
Holder of Swiss nationality, Mike Horn is immersed in a controversy which he would certainly have done well. After the publication of an investigation which sheds light on his military past at the end of the Apartheid regime in the 1980s, the socialist deputy for the canton of Vaud Jessica Jaccoud questioned the status of the explorer, “member of “honor” of an association ensuring the development of the attractiveness of the territory of Vaud, before the government of this canton located on the Swiss and French border, underlines Le Parisien on Saturday January 28.
In question, his troubled role within Battalion 101, an elite unit of the South African army, responsible for eliminating opponents of the Apartheid regime, in Namibia, a former property of South Africa (1915-1990). The presence of Mike Horn, then engaged in military service, in this special force was confirmed by former officers in this documentary. “I’m not sure I was present”, eluded the adventurer, before admitting to having “played an active role in the protection of South Africa” and “hunted people who wanted to kill other people”.
Confessed
Before the broadcast of this documentary, Mike Horn admitted to “being (re) part of the special forces of the South African army” in a message sent to the producer. On the other hand, he denied being “present during the operation of battalion 1010 which is accused of having assassinated Immanuel Shifidi in Windhoek (Namibia, editor’s note) in 1986. This independence leader, member of SWAPO, a group armed Namibian rebel, was assassinated in 1986 by Battalion 101.
