October is here, and with it comes TAPSOSA’s focus on the Negative Impact of Insourcing in the Industry & Benefits of Upskilling Industry Workforce  Insourcing & Industry Skills. This month, we shine a light on the negative impact of insourcing in the industry and how empowering our workforce through skills development and can elevate the […]

South Africa’s private security industry is vast – over 17 532 companies employing over 640 232 security officers. Each year, government and corporate buyers spend billions on security services, how those contracts are awarded matters profoundly. Fair and transparent tendering means better services and more jobs; unfair practices mean lost opportunities, wasted taxpayers’ money, and […]

SSUE: 005 DATE: 29 OCTOBER 2021 Greeting Colleagues As we move towards the end of the year, we take this opportunity to write to you during ourcourse of reporting and updating you on matters that are affecting us. This is against thebackdrop that there will always be elements who want to treat us as their […]

The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa(TAPSOSA) is encouraged by governments effort to restore peace and order in the areas that saw unprecedented levels of lawlessness and violence.  The level of anarchy that took place in the past few days demonstrates the need for better collaboration amongst all law enforcement agencies including the private security in proactively tackling […]

Please be careful of these vehicles, they might come into your house & act as if they are from department of health, but these are criminals! Please share!

In the wake of ongoing global outbreak of coronavirus, which has killed 6525 people worldwide, TAPSOSA is calling upon all stakeholders to ensure a safe and hygienic environment so that security officers, who are the point of entry at our borders, ports, airports, shopping malls, hospitals, train stations, public and private properties, are protected at […]