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Mr. Errol Musk Sr. Fortifies His Langebaan SA Home Security by ZooOga: 7:19pm On Jan 21, 2023
More pics in the link but I'm only going to post four in this thread. I will try to copy n paste the entire DailyMail article after the op.

Guards 'armed to the teeth', electric fences and high-tech cameras: Elon Musk's father reveals the incredible measures billionaire has taken to boost security amid kidnapping fears: 'If they take one of us, it will be the quickest $20m anybody's made'
Elon Musk's father Errol, a 76-year-old retired engineer, said that workers came to his home north of Cape Town in December to install new equipment
Errol, who was born in Pretoria, is no stranger to living with threats: in 1998 he killed three armed intruders while his daughter Ali clung to his leg
He said that the new $15,000 security system was 'first class' and said he was protected around the clock by cameras and guards
By HARRIET ALEXANDER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 01:46 EST, 21 January 2023

Elon Musk's father has revealed that his son has installed new high-tech security measures at his South African home, amid the ever-present fear of kidnapping.

Errol Musk, a 76-year-old retired engineer, said that contractors arrived at his home in Langebaan, 90 miles north of Cape Town, in December.

He said the new security measures were 'first class' - adding that he did not like living in a fortress, but, having lived in crime-ridden Johannesburg and Pretoria, he was used to being barricaded in.

Musk in 1998 killed three armed intruders at his home, while his then six-year-old daughter Ali clung to his leg.

He told The Sun that, in the last year alone, his home had been broken into four times, and televisions stolen.

'Frankly, the risk of something bad happening or literally even being shot is quite significant,' he said.

'I'm definitely not going to be doing any open-air car parades, let me put it that way.

'It's not that hard to kill me if somebody wanted to, so hopefully they don't.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11660573/Guards-armed-teeth-electric-fences-high-tech-cameras-Musks-father-reveals-security.html

Re: Mr. Errol Musk Sr. Fortifies His Langebaan SA Home Security by ZooOga: 7:25pm On Jan 21, 2023
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Errol, who has fathered at least seven children to three different women - including having had two children with his 34-year-old stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhuit - said he believed his son's concern was sparked by his new ownership of Twitter.

Elon Musk said last month that he believes his efforts to make the platform more transparent puts him at risk, because he is exposing what he believes to be U.S. government collusion with the tech firm to censor content.

He suspended an account that tracked his private jet, and froze the accounts of journalists who retweeted its posts.

The 51-year-old claimed that the tracking of the jet led to a 'crazy stalker' following a car carrying his young son, X Æ A-12, in Los Angeles, and described the account as posting 'basically assassination coordinates.'

On May 8, while the deal to purchase Twitter was still being agreed, he tweeted: 'If I die under mysterious circumstances, it's been nice knowin ya.'

Errol said his son saw him as vulnerable, and feared that kidnappers could make the 'quickest $20million dollars ever' by targeting his family.

'He decided, after the recent threats against him, that I need protection as well,' Errol told The Sun.

'If they kidnap one of us, it will be the quickest $20million anybody's ever made in their life.

'I think Elon's a bit naïve about the enemies he's making, especially with the Twitter Files.

'I'm not scared but I'm really afraid that something might happen to Elon, even though he has about 100 security guards around him.'

Errol said his own home in the Western Cape now has a high-tech camera system, electrified fencing, and around-the-clock monitoring by guards who are 'armed to the teeth.'

He told the paper: 'Elon's people contacted me to say they wanted to completely secure my house.

'I got a notice in December from this security company saying that they have instructions to secure the house.

'So I now have nine cameras around the house that are monitored 24/7 and that I can monitor on my phone and TV.

'They've also installed an electric fence around my house.

'I have first-class security now. It's unbelievable.'

He added: 'They check on me all the time. If they see a strange car in my driveway, they come in and ask me if I'm alright.

'I hate living like this, but I've lived like this in Johannesburg and Pretoria, and I understand where it's coming from.'

Elon's relationship with his father is decidedly more distant than with his mother Maye, with whom Elon is frequently spotted.

Maye Musk divorced Errol in 1979, when Elon was eight.

Elon lived with his mother, and aged 17 left South Africa to study in Canada.

Maye, now 70, lives in New York City - her ninth city, in three countries.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11660573/Guards-armed-teeth-electric-fences-high-tech-cameras-Musks-father-reveals-security.html

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