Johannesburg – The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) has endorsed the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) findings that more than R1 billion was siphoned from Eskom through irregular emergency security contracts. Reacting to the findings, TAPSOSA on Monday, (17 February 2025), said it welcomed the outcome of the SIU probe and called […]

Johannesburg – The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (Tapsosa) has slammed the “disingenuous nature” of a proposed strike by a group of trade unions, including Numsa and Satawu, who are planning to picket against it and medical insurance company Imvula Group. This past week, the unions confirmed their intention to march to […]

Pretoria – Eskom has placed head of security Karen Pillay on precautionary suspension following allegations she was involved in irregularly awarding a R500 million security tender to Fidelity. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said this was done to finalise an outcome of a probe into allegations made against Pillay in the awarding of a R500m tender to […]

In the wake of recent attacks on female security officers in KwaZulu-Natal, the Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (Tapsosa) has taken a strong stance on safety, stating that female guards should not be assigned night shifts. Three female security officers were attacked and raped at the Department of Transport offices in Merebank, […]

Rail course LOSSES BILLIONS FOR REMOVING SECURITY COMPANIES  Transport serve Fikile Mbalula says the damage to rail establishment which will cost billions of rands to fix, was a result of a decision taken to dispense with security associations from various areas.  Mbalula has given up that there was no crisis strategy put out up after that objective.  […]