South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to make sweeping "leadership changes" in the country’s security agencies. The pledge comes after a damning report on the deadly civil unrest in two South African provinces last year. President Ramaphosa made the promise to the public during his annual...
The Zambian president has travelled to South Africa to commence talks around security and trade. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema arrived on Wednesday 26th January in South Africa to discuss security polices and trade plans between the two nations. This is the ninth trip abroad from the...
Gabon and Ghana are two of the latest countries to sign up to the United Nations Security Council. The two nations joined alongside Israel, United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Albania, as the five countries took up the places won from an election in June 2021. The 15-member...
A joint initiative between The Confederation of African Football (CAF), the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and UNITAR’s International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) is looking to boost Africa’s stadium security. The UN-certified Sport Safety and Security Training and Advanced Education Programme comes...
Platform technology has introduced something new and different to the market. In another wave of positive disruption, these platform-based businesses are not only making a difference to their industries, but they are also more importantly aiming to bring societal change. Warren Myers, CEO, AURA, South...
Phil Lewis, Infor’s VP of Solution Consulting EMEA, tells us how to simplify operational complexities with modern cloud solutions Parting ways with a legacy solution isn’t always easy. The old, familiar processes and workflows may be comfortably predictable, even if outdated. Now, as companies begin to...
ATG Cam is the latest offering from ATG Digital, which completes and fortifies vehicular access control points across South Africa. The IoT camera boasts a suite of features that strengthen security and positive vehicle identification without adding an extra second to waiting time at entry and...
Access control solutions often rely on multiple suppliers with different products, especially when implemented by large corporations. In order to facilitate collaboration between vendors, the Open Security Standard Association (OSS) was founded in 2014 as a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting and developing...
On 22 July, the first reports emerged that Transnet, a South African state-owned enterprise, was experiencing problems with its information technology (IT) networks. Transnet manages the nation’s rail, port and pipeline infrastructure. The disruption primarily affected operations in several container terminals, interrupting cargo movement. Four...
As the dust settles on insurrection, government must acknowledge the urgent need to repurpose a failing security system. The attempted insurrection of the past week affirms the extent to which South Africa suffers from debilitating political, social and economic pathologies. With high unemployment, inequality, poverty, xenophobia...
