PSiRA plans 250,000 new officer registrations and three new provincial offices as sector expands

PSiRA estimates more than 250,000 new security officers and over 3,000 new security businesses will be registered over the medium-term expenditure framework period, ProtectionWeb reported, citing the regulator's plans presented to Parliament.

The regulator plans three new provincial offices - in the Northern Cape, North West and Limpopo - to extend its national footprint.

PSiRA expenditure is projected to grow by an average of 34% between 2024/25 and 2025/26, with employee costs rising 26% to make up 45% of the total budget, per the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police report of 25 June 2025.

Planned investments include drones, vehicles, mobile offices, a K9 unit, firearm-compliance enhancement, a business intelligence unit, digitised fingerprint verification and a public-liability Guarantee Fund.

Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police welcomed the modernisation drive but questioned compliance enforcement across informal security operations.

"Our mandate is to ensure transparency, public safety, and lawful conduct in one of the largest security sectors on the continent," said PSiRA Director Manabela Chauke.

Source: ProtectionWeb, 20 June 2025 - protectionweb.co.za (committee report: pmg.org.za)