While security guards deal with organised syndicates, increasing the risk they face on the job, it is up to their employers to assess threats they face and put measures in place to deal with those.
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AFP The private security sector creates work for more than 2 million people in South Africa. Cortac security guards stand at attention while being briefed by their officer before starting their night shift in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP/Michele Spatari
As night falls over a leafy Johannesburg suburb in South Africa, private security guards step into camouflage clothing and load their rifles, preparing to set about on a night patrol.
A commander briefs the men in the gym of the company’s headquarters, reviewing interventions that occurred during the previous 12-hour shift.
“No questions?” he asked the solemn line of guards before him, beret in hand.
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