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SASA AGM report back

At the recent SASA AGM in Cape Town, the new committee was elected to serve the association for the next 12 months.

The SASA national committee is made up of the following people who are directors of the association.

* Immediate past president.

* National president.

* Vice president (who is always a branch chairman).

* Branch chairman.

In addition, each branch that has over 150 members is entitled to another seat on the national committee, a representative from the association’s publication, a representative from SAIS and a treasurer. The committee is as follows:

Sibusiso Ncube (immediate past president). With vast experience in the military security, Ncube saw the potential of becoming involved in the private security sector. In 2003 he joined Enforce Security Services Executive team as the majority shareholder and holds the position of executive chairman. He was elected as president of the Security Association of South Africa (SASA) in 2007 and served for three years. He is currently the chairman of the Security Industry Association (SIA).

Sibusiso Ncube

Jenny Reid (president). Jenny Reid, currently the owner of iFacts, is a pioneer of methodologies used to ensure executives and employees are secure in their environment and companies have honest, ethical, loyal and productive employees. Jenny started in the security industry in 1995 and was the first female to hold the rank of national president after 40 years of the association’s existence. Reid returned to the rank of president when Ncube stood down in 2010.

Jenny Reid

Koos Van Rooyen (vice president and chairman Western Cape). Koos van Rooyen joined the SAPS in Durban in 1973 and served as an officer in various detective branches. In 1989 he started his own security company which he later sold. He is currently the MD of Thorburn Security Solutions.

Sharon Numan (chairman KZN). Numan was born and brought up in KwaZulu-Natal. She has been in the security industry for the past 14 years. Nine of those years have been with the Servest Group. She is a proud supporter of The Sharks and is passionate about compliancy in the industry and would like to see more happening about non-compliancy.

Gerhardt Oosthuizen (chairman Gauteng). Oosthuizen joined the SAPS after leaving school and then started his career in security with Gray Security. To gain more experience and exposure to a wider range of the security industry he joined Sentry Security (now ADT) as sales director and then moved to Chubb Electronics. During June 2008 the opportunity presented itself for Gerhardt to start Servamus Security, which operates nationally.

Clinton Phipps (treasurer). Phipps is a qualified accountant and a practising member of SAIPA. He has been a stakeholder in the security industry since 1994 as well as having considerable experience in financial and corporate management in the manufacturing, finance and accounting industries.

Clinton Phipps

Gary Tintinger (vice chairman KZN). Gary Tintinger has been in the security industry since December 1998 when he joined Enforce Electronics in Durban as sales manager. He is currently employed as marketing manager for Blue Security. During the past 14 years he has been involved at executive level in marketing the guarding, electronic security (intruder detection and CCYV) and private investigations industries. He has a passion for branding and a real interest in raising standards and changing the perceptions of the security industry.

Jack Edery (vice chairman Gauteng). Jack Edery has been with Elvey Security Technologies since 1996 when he accepted the post of financial director. This position was held until 2003 when he was promoted to CEO.

Jack Edery

Passionate about the security industry and committed to giving something back to it wherever possible, he has held numerous executive positions with the sector’s leading associations over the years. Dedicated to service and product excellence, he also believes in harnessing the ideas and intellect of employees.

As a national committee the main focus is on compliance within the industry and it is for that reason that the gold class of membership was introduced six years ago. In the coming year, there will be an even greater drive to make consumers of security services more aware of compliance issues in the industry because many consumers are not aware that it is a criminal offence to knowingly contract a security service provider that does not comply with legislation.

Other issues that have been identified as critical issues for the association are:

1. Improved communication to all members.

2. Arrange valuable networking sessions for members.

3. Encourage all legally compliant security companies to be active members of the association.

4. Grow relationships with relevant authorities on a national and regional basis. This will include PSIRA.

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