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Absa PMI slides to 47.3 as South African factories see orders dry up despite easing costs
The Absa PMI dropped from 50.8 to 47.3 in June as new orders fell, though a 13.5-point plunge in purchasing prices suggests factory cost pressures may have peaked.
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The DA wants both the March 2025 PSiRA firearm regulation amendments and the Firearms Control Amendment Bill withdrawn, arguing they duplicate controls and weaken armed response capacity.
Truck hijackings running at 30-35 a week as freight security costs climb to 2.3% of operating costs
SAPS statistics put truck hijackings at 30-35 a week, and freight security spend has climbed from 0.3% to 2.3% of operating costs in a decade - up to 4.1% for high-value cargo.
Acting police minister enlists private security as force multiplier ahead of 30 June demonstrations
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia met the private security industry ahead of the 30 June demonstrations, agreeing information sharing and joint planning with SAPS as key risk measures.
Fidelity flagged Gauteng and KZN as flashpoints, put helicopters and APCs on standby for 30 June
Ahead of the 30 June protests, Fidelity activated its National Joint Operations Centre and put helicopters, drones and armoured vehicles on standby, naming Durban and Gauteng hotspots.
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.
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.
AfriForum records 184 farm attacks in 2025 as report warns violence levels remain dangerously high
AfriForum counted 184 farm attacks and 29 murders in 2025 - attacks up on 2024 - with Gauteng worst hit and over half of victims aged 61 or older.
Kidnapping surge pushes bodyguard rates to R3,000 a day as demand for close protection climbs
Close protection now averages R2,500-R3,000 a day as SAPS logs nearly 5,000 kidnappings in a single quarter - over half of them in Gauteng - and incidents double over a decade.
Fear of panel theft is holding back South African solar adoption, Eastern Cape study finds
A Rhodes/UP study of 143 Eastern Cape households found over half fear solar panel theft - and recommends guarded mini-grids, anti-theft fasteners and motion-sensor lighting.