The first is a fixed deployment of private security guards.
The second, and most contentious one, is the ad-hoc security service.
This involves the municipality calling on security companies during emergencies.
Ad-hoc services do not have a fixed deployment, leading to companies invoicing the municipality millions of rands.
Faro said the ad-hoc services have been a major source of abuse, hence the city decided to cut the budget of the watchmen services.
“We are aware of that, that people can create a situation [of] sabotage. Let us call it sabotage. We have already put measures in place, especially with the reduction. We expect there is going to be a backlash, people are not going to say, ‘oh no it’s fine’.”
Faro said the municipality wants to build its own in-house capacity of security guards to protect its infrastructure; however, she said this process can take about six years.
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