Government and Parastatal (Industry)



Hytera supports communication upgrade for Joburg
Issue 3 2025, News & Events, Infrastructure
By equipping Johannesburg’s metro police and emergency services with multimode radios which integrate TETRA and LTE networks, Hytera is bridging coverage gaps and improving response times across the city.

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POPIA non-compliance puts municipalities at risk
SMART Fire & Safety 2025 , Information Security
Digital responsibility must go beyond POPIA compliance to recognising that privacy and service delivery are fundamentally linked. Despite this, only 51 out of 257 municipalities submitted their mandatory data protection and access to information reports in 2024.

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LidarVision for substation security
SMART Fire & Safety 2025 , Fire & Safety, Editor's Choice
EG.D supplies electricity to 2,7 million people in the southern regions of the Czech Republic, on the borders of Austria and Germany. The company operates and maintains infrastructure, including power lines and high-voltage transformer substations.

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The power of PKI and private sector innovation
Issue 3 2025, Access Control & Identity Management, News & Events
At the recent ID4Africa 2025 Summit in Addis Ababa, the spotlight was firmly on building secure, inclusive, and scalable digital identity ecosystems for the African continent.

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Cybersecurity must support local by-elections
Issue 3 2025
With municipal by-elections taking place across South Africa throughout 2025, attention is once again turning to the strength of local governance, but beyond the campaign posters and voting stations, lies a less visible, yet equally vital, concern – cybersecurity.

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World-first safe K9 training for drug detection
Issue 1 2025, Technews Publishing, SMART Security Solutions, Editor's Choice, News & Events, Security Services & Risk Management
The Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy recently announced the results of its scientific research into training dogs to accurately detect drugs and explosives without harming either the dogs or their handlers.

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Facial recognition in national security
SMART Access & Identity 2025, Access Control & Identity Management
As global security challenges evolve, facial recognition technology provides a vital edge by turning our unique identities into powerful assets for national defence and changing a sea of anonymity into a line of defence.

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Smart surveillance and cyber resilience
December 2024, Axis Communications SA, Surveillance, Information Security, Facilities & Building Management
South Africa’s critical infrastructure sector has to step up its game regarding cybersecurity and the evolving risk landscape. The sector has become a prime target for cybercriminals on top of physical threat actors, and the consequences of an incident can be far-reaching.

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SA company develops world-first safe K9 training for drug detection
December 2024, Editor's Choice, News & Events, Security Services & Risk Management
The Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy recently announced the results of its scientific research into training dogs to accurately detect drugs and explosives without harming either the dogs or their handlers.

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Streamlining government operations with biometrics-driven self-service
October 2024, NEC XON, Access Control & Identity Management, IoT & Automation
The digital age has ushered in unprecedented opportunities for governments worldwide to enhance service delivery, reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies, and fulfil the vision of e-government services, and biometrics is a core aspect of this transformation.

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A surge of cybersecurity for the energy sector
Issue 6 2023, Information Security
With a rapid transition towards renewable energy, the energy sector has an increased reliance on technology. This makes it particularly vulnerable with regards to cybersecurity, as it depends on interconnected systems and digital technologies.

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Security for critical industries
Issue 6 2023, ZKTeco, Access Control & Identity Management
The traditional reliance on human observation and physical presence for security is being complemented and, in many cases, replaced by biometric technology to enhance risk management and ensure comprehensive protection.

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Facial recognition from live cameras
Issue 6 2023, Secutel Technologies
The need for accurate and live facial recognition is an important consideration for safe and smart city surveillance systems. Secutel Technologies and NEC XON now offer a comprehensive 98%-plus accurate facial solution to market.

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Optimising electrical substations
Issue 6 2023, Hikvision South Africa
How to maximise efficiency, as well as maintain security for sites and staff, are the paramount concerns for substations as they update and upgrade their video security systems.

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Securing access to NKP
Issue 6 2023, BoomGate Systems
For its latest national key point project, Boomgate had to secure all vehicle access points and used three Glide Master Retractable Speed Gates as well as Warrior Hydraulic Bollards combined with Warrior Static Bollards.

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Simplified border controls: Namibia and Botswana lead the way
Issue 4 2023
With simplified border controls, countries can achieve more than just ensuring good neighbourly relations. They can also reap tangible economic benefits, explains Veridos, a provider of integrated identity solutions.

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Three challenges affecting public sector cloud adoption
Issue 4 2023, Infrastructure
Cloud technologies offer a golden opportunity for African public sector organisations to become more agile and adaptive, drive innovation, unlock new capabilities and improve the delivery of services to the more than 1.3 billion people that call Africa home.

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Public sector must respond to online threats in real time
Issue 2/3 2023, Information Security
The February 2023 Threat Report, produced by Trellix Advanced Research Centre (ARC), described an environment in which governments are becoming increasingly digitised, while dealing with scarce resources to build a future-facing cybersecurity strategy.

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Heightening physical security at military base
Issue 1 2023, Turnstar Systems, Access Control & Identity Management, Products & Solutions
Turnstar Systems recently installed two 3-metre Velocity Raptor traffic spikes at the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Randfontein military base on Gauteng’s West Rand.

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Expanding digitalisation of customs
Issue 8 2022
Bidvest International Logistics provides an inside take on where we stand and what we need to do to achieve a gold standard in developing digitised customs.

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