Security Support Team

The Security Support Team ensure a 24/7 security presence at Western Cape Government remote facilities and institutions. The Team are trained in client care to communicate effectively and professionally at all times. They are also trained in Basic First Aid to respond to medical emergencies. The Team possesses the necessary skills and knowledge, as per the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) requirements. Some notable work includes:

• Premier’s First Thursday events;
• Security management of the Foreign Nationals, Refugees and Asylum Seekers occupying the Waldorf Arcade and the Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square;
• Opening of the Provincial Parliament and SOPA in a remote facility;
• Management of Taxi Makgotla and volatile meetings relating to the taxi industry;
• Numerous service delivery protests;
• COVID-19 deployments to the Provincial Disaster Management Centre on a 24/7 basis, Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg Hospital Breast Feeding Clinic;
• Hope Street emergency goods distribution facility;
• Various COVID-19 designated facilities;
• SAPS Western Cape Operational Command Centre;
• Cape Town Stadium and 4 Dorp Street Repatriation of Foreign Nationals during COVID-19 hard lockdown;
• Welcoming and introduction of Cuban doctors/medics;
• Deployment to schools in crime priority areas; and
• Land invasions and potential occupation of property.