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Bradley Steyn was born in Pretoria, South Africa during the height of the Apartheid Struggle. Domestic terrorism and security issues were a daily part of life. At seventeen he bared witness to the shooting massacre in Strijdom Square on Church Street in Pretoria, South Africa perpetrated by Barend Strydom during the Apartheid conflicts. While many innocent people laid seriously wounded and dying he gave assistance where he was able. The experience profoundly changed his life, putting him on a path of protecting others from such malevolent violent incidences. Steyn currently lives in Los Angeles County, California and runs an independent security consultancy. =Military and National Security Career= Early in his career, he joined the South African Navy and was briefly involved within the much feared security police infrastructure for the National Party government and later the Anti-Apartheid movement as a deep cover Caucasian operative within MK (Umkhonto We Sizwe, the Spear of the Nation), a militant wing of Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress, under the leadership of Major General Jeremy Vearey and Major General Andre Lincoln. . architects for the new South African National Security structure under the new constitutions, freedom charter.

=Professional Life= In recent years, Bradley has worked as a subject matter expert on geopolitical risk and threat assessments  within the National Security and Defense arenas. Within the private sector over the last fifteen years, he has worked globally with Fortune 500 companies, business pioneers, entertainment professionals, and high-profile personalities on effective security and risk management as well as corporate intelligence solutions.

=Literature and Film= Steyn has authored a book on his early life, being published along with a documentary produced by Mark Gillard and Kevin Costner, releases in 2018.