The company's hi-tech systems can be accessed by cellphones and even via a secure site on the Internet for commercial customers. We offer risk assessments, and can provide security solutions including electric fencing, remote CCTV, sophisticated access control, intruder detection and manned guarding, all supported by armed response. In certain areas, trained paramedics are available to respond to medical emergencies. Private security services are considered a necessity, not only in South Africa but also in developed nations such as the US, UK and most European countries. Fourie says South Africans are prepared to pay for peace of mind and good service.
Crime is a worldwide phenomenon but there is a particularly high level of awareness in South Africa.
Our challenge going forward is to set the standard for the private security industry and to provide the technology that will protect people's assets and lives. ONE of Chubb's human resources priorities is the fast-tracking of its Employment Equity Act objectives. The Act calls for the promotion of equal opportunity and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination. Companies are required to implement affirmative action measures to redress the disadvantages in employment previously experienced by designated groups in order to ensure their equitable representation in all occupational categories and levels in the workforce. Chubb has, through the active participation and involvement of its employees, submitted a plan to the Department of Labour for the transformation of its workplace over the next five years.