The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) has called for fair contract prices and wages for security officers. Photo:TAPSOSA South Africa’s private security industry cannot expect healthier, more professional officers while companies struggle with late government payments, low contract prices and poor wages, the president of the Association […]

Siyabonga Nxumalo, a security officer at Helen Joseph Hospital. News Desk Reporter  Security officers across South Africa often work up to 12-hour shifts at hospitals, malls, office parks and residential gates. They face long hours, verbal abuse and limited access to healthcare, despite being the first point of contact at many institutions. Hundreds gathered in […]

The TAPSOSA supported by SASSETA, officially launched a nationwide TB, HIV and AIDS workplace intervention programme focused specifically on private security officers.  Private security officers working long shifts under stressful and often disrespectful conditions were placed at the centre of a groundbreaking TB and HIV wellness campaign launched by TAPSOSA and SASSETA in Johannesburg. The […]

The launch of a groundbreaking employee wellness campaign targeting tuberculosis (TB), HIV and AIDS in South Africa’s private security sector has been hailed as a major intervention aimed at improving the health, dignity and wellbeing of thousands of security officers across the country. The initiative, launched by The Association of Private Security Owners of South […]

Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (Tapsosa) has sounded the alarm over bribery, corruption that have crippled one of the sector’s key provident funds, the Private Security Sector Provident Fund (PSSPF). Tapsosa has revealed that this fund has been looted dry, with more than R13 million having been looted by alleged corrupt syndicates […]

The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (Tapsosa), which represents over 2,000 black-owned security firms, has accused Eskom of systematically targeting, sidelining, and financially crippling its member companies. It alleged a coordinated “purge” involving senior Eskom executives, with R1.3 billion in unpaid invoices now at the centre of the standoff. In a detailed […]