Protection you never have to think about.

A bodyguard is meant to be seen. The visibility is the deterrent, and for some clients that is exactly the point. A close protection officer works the other way round — low profile, watching the threat rather than becoming its focus. Most assignments use both, and we supply either, or a team that combines them.

That comes out of the risk assessment rather than the budget. A single officer suits a predictable day in a familiar place. Anything involving travel, unfamiliar venues, publicised movements or a residence usually needs more than one — an advance team to check locations before the client arrives, security drivers, and a residential team if the risk follows them home.

We work across Southern Africa, and have provided protection for visiting heads of state, delegations and foreign embassies. Cross-border assignments are arranged per job, because licensing and permissions differ in every country — so the earlier you tell us where and when, the more we can put in place before you land.

A Joint Operations Centre is the room where the people responsible for an event run it together — SAPS, emergency medical services, fire, traffic, the event safety officer, the organiser and security — so that decisions get made in one place instead of across six phone calls. Under the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act, events are graded by risk, and that grading determines the coordination structure expected of you. If you are unsure how your event will be graded, ask us early: it changes the plan, the staffing and the budget.

A health and safety plan and file, a disaster management plan, a risk assessment, medical planning, security planning, permissions and legal compliance with the local authority and EMS, and clearly defined responsibilities for every role player. The legal responsibility starts at the first planning meeting and does not end until the last piece of equipment leaves the site.

Yes. Registration with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority is a legal requirement for private security in South Africa, and it applies to the company and to every officer. S.A.S Solutions is PSIRA 2175873, company registration 2011/126687/07. Most of our operatives are former military or police.

There is no useful list price, because the work is scoped from the risk: how many officers, over how many hours, with what travel, and whether vehicles, an advance team or a residential team are needed. Send a short brief — what, where and roughly when — and we will come back with a figure rather than a range.

Events are best brought to us at the first planning meeting, when the safety plan can still shape the layout and the schedule rather than being fitted around them. Protection work can move considerably faster. Either way, tell us the dates and we will tell you plainly what is possible.