The inaugural South African OSPAs were launched on 16 July 2020 during a Thought Leadership Webinar chaired by OSPAs founder, Professor Martin Gill.

The topic of discussion was “Covid-19, where to now for private security in South Africa?” and the panel included:

Andrew Kelly – Senior Security Manager: Global Operations at Coca Cola
Lizette Lancaster – Project Manager: Crime and Justice Information and Analysis Hub at Institute for Security Studies
Leonie Mangold – Vice Chairman at ESDA, Special Project Sales Consultant at Powelltronics
Jean-Pierre (JP) Smith – Councillor, City of Cape Town

Attendees were invited to submit their questions to the panel and several issues were addressed. The recording and summary of the discussion are available to access at https://theospas.com/2020/07/17/covid-19-where-to-now-for-private-security-in-south-africa/

It was announced during the webinar that entries for the South African OSPAs, which will be held at Securex South Africa 2021, will open on 28th September 2020. There are 6 categories to choose from and criteria for each can be found here https://za.theospas.com/enter/