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Home Deliveries and your Security
We encourage you to be vigilant regarding deliveries of groceries, fast food, courier parcels etc. to private homes, which has become a high-risk area as criminals are gaining entry under this disguise.
Valuable Vehicle Safety Tips
Safe ParkingTry to find areas where CCTV systems are in place, which cover a wide range of the parking area, without blind spots. Choose a location that is well-lit and busy, preferably with someone patrolling the parking lot. Doors and WindowsCheck all doors are...
The Importance of Learning Basic Self-Defence
Self–defence, firstly, is about trusting your basic instincts. Being aware of your surroundings and taking precautions to avoid threatening situations. It’s about being smart. Secondly, self-defence means warding off an actual, or threatened, attack. Having a basic...
How to React in an Armed Robbery or Home Invasion
Thinking about being a victim of an armed robbery or home invasion is scary and violating. Yet, it is essential to have a plan of action for this possibility. Housebreaking or burglary has consistently been the most common crime experienced by households in South...
Women and Security
An evocative title, that immediately evokes a myriad of issues, thoughts, and emotions. This subject line can produce endless articles and debates that challenge history, the future and the here and now. This blog is just going to focus on a schism around the here and...
Rethinking how we Respond to Vagrants
We are currently living in the aftermath of COVID 19, which means the effects of job loss and unemployment are still increasingly high. As South Africans, we already have some of the worst unemployment statistics. Therefore, we must recognise that vagrants and...
Fight the Unseen with ZOONO
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to make the same mistakes again… This is not just a saying, but a truism! If we have learnt anything from our recent pandemic past, it is that our enemy is often unseen. With the winter upon us once again, we are faced...
Steps to take to ensure that your security is not compromised during Load Shedding.
Like the proverbial frog-in-pot that gets used to the water temperature rising and doesn’t even realise it is going to be too late soon, the average South African has gotten used to load shedding as a way of life from day to day. We arrange our day around the...
Commercial Crime Trends
Our economy continues suffering under the strain of a lack of jobs, increased living expenses, and heightened crime levels. Our country is still trying to emerge from the aftermath of the national lockdown and continues to stumble through load shedding. Desperation...