Industry News
8 articles — regulations, technology, training & company updates
Vumacam LPR network guides Gauteng officers to hijacked vehicle on the M1, two suspects arrested
A BOLO loaded onto Vumacam's SafeCity LPR network let Gauteng e-Government operators track a hijacked vehicle and feed real-time intelligence to officers, who recovered it on the M1.
Cape Town's Olarm goes fully wireless with Olarm ONE as its app base tops half a million users
The Cape Town smart-security firm behind 500,000+ app users is launching its own wireless alarm ecosystem with long-range HALO radio, dual-SIM 4G and Optex-partnered sensors.
SASSA biometric drive verifies nearly one million beneficiaries and suspends 68,000 grants
Facial recognition and fingerprint checks linked to Home Affairs verified 997,379 grant recipients and suspended 68,000 grants - with claimed fraud savings above R1 billion.
Security demand drives SA drone boom as SACAA counts up to 55,000 drones, growing 16% a year
SACAA puts SA's drone fleet at 50,000-55,000 units growing 16% a year, with security and surveillance among the strongest use cases - and BVLOS rules the next regulatory frontier.
Cape Town pumps R14.4m into CCTV as 1,200-camera network logs 3,078 incidents in a month
Cape Town's 1,200-camera network detected 3,078 incidents and contributed to 52 arrests in January 2026 alone, as the city commits R14.4m to expansion into eight more areas.
SA-founded AURA raises EUR 13.5m Series B to take its emergency response marketplace to the US
AURA's Series B - co-led by Cathay AfricInvest and Partech - funds US expansion for the SA-founded platform that dispatches the nearest vetted armed response or medical responder.
Industry task team cuts ATM bombings by 30% after a 72% surge, with 46 arrests under Project Big Bang
Project Big Bang - Sabric, Online Intelligence, the fuel industry and SAPS - cut ATM bombings 30% in three months and arrested 46 top perpetrators linked to 69 cases.
Nice SA's lithium-powered DC Blue Astute garage motor targets load shedding with 90-minute charge
Nice SA's garage motor ships with lithium power built for load shedding: 48 hours standby, ~70 cycles per charge, and a 90-minute supercharger in place of 8-hour lead-acid charging.