[W]hat happens when private security companies take matters into their own hands? The South African government claims that it's an industry that threatens national security and is determined to tighten its regulation. "A very dangerous situation arises if you have a security industry that outstrips both your police and your army and there is completely no regulation of that industry," says...the Civilian Secretariat for Police."I think the public can find themselves in situations where, basically, they are put at the mercy of private security companies who are unprofessional...Whatever regulations the South African government eventually introduces, it seems unlikely the demand for private securities companies will diminish amid high unemployment rates, as well as widespread poverty and simmering industrial tensions.[refers to CSS Tactical, Protea Coin, G4S]