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10 articles — regulations, technology, training & company updates
DA demands withdrawal of PSiRA firearm regulations and Firearms Control Amendment Bill
The DA wants both the March 2025 PSiRA firearm regulation amendments and the Firearms Control Amendment Bill withdrawn, arguing they duplicate controls and weaken armed response capacity.
Parliament flags PSiRA governance crisis: no council, qualified audit and an unresolved R30m advance
The police committee says the security regulator has no constituted Council, a qualified audit, fraud allegations pending since 2019 and an unresolved R30m advance payment.
New private security minimum wages in force from 1 March 2026 under year 4 of NBCPSS agreement
Grade A officers in metro areas now earn a minimum R8,184/month (R39.35/hr); Area 3 Grade A is R7,142. Allowances: R10.50/shift armed, R8 night shift. Employers must apply the rates from 1 March 2026.
NBCPSS levy rises to R9.40 per security employee from 1 March 2026 - first increase in six years
Category 1 employees now attract a R9.40 monthly council levy (Category 2: R2.50), effective 1 March 2026. Schedules and payments remain due by the 7th of each month via the Umhlaba portal.
Firearms Control Amendment Bill resurfaces at Nedlac, reviving the 2021 fight over self-defence
The bill withdrawn in 2021 after 100,000+ objections is back at Nedlac, reportedly largely unchanged - including removal of self-defence as a reason for ownership and ammunition restrictions.
Information Regulator escalates POPIA enforcement as security breach reports jump 40%
Breach notifications are up 40% and the Regulator is now suing non-payers of its fines - R500,000 for Blouberg Municipality, R100,000 each for Lancet and FT Rams Consulting.
Six industry bodies fight PSiRA draft firearm regulations gazetted by the police minister
SANSEA, SASA, the NSF, CEO, TAPSOSA and LASA jointly opposed the March 2025 draft firearm regulations, which restrict semi-automatic rifles and armed officers at malls, schools and hospitals.
PSiRA raised registration fees from 1 April 2025 and introduced a R10,000 mobile outreach fee
PSiRA's 2025/26 fee schedule lifted individual registration fees 7.4% and business registration fees 7.5%, and added a new R10,000 mobile outreach fee from 1 April 2025.
Johannesburg backs down on contested private CCTV by-law after court challenges
The February 2025 by-law forcing registration of private cameras overlooking public spaces collapsed under legal challenges from Sapoa, AfriForum and Outa - a win for camera network operators.
Only 41 of 257 municipalities have registered in-house security with PSiRA
Parliamentary answers reveal a compliance blind spot: 216 of 257 municipalities have not registered in-house security with PSiRA, and no one knows how many unregistered officers they employ.