Hillbrow - notorious as one of the country`s worst crime areas in terms of drugs, prostitution and slumlords - could soon undergo a dramatic metamorphosis. "We anticipate that within five years Hillbrow could be transformed into a safe, clean neighbourhood, all as a result of the implementation of South African security technology," says the Managing Director of DexSecurity Solutions, Ernest Cockcroft.
DEX, the company which was responsible for access control during the Cricket World Cup Tournament, has now been asked to stabilize the chaos and crime in Hillbrow by means of access control.
Various companies are acquiring dilapidated and overcrowded buildings in Hillbrow. Those buildings are then repaired, after which the new tenants and residents manage the premises with state-of-the-art security technology. Unwanted elements are automatically refused entry in the process.
DEX supplies biometrical fingerprint scanners as well as the operational management system for special spiral gate access control. This ensures that only lawful tenants, whose fingerprints correspond with the system, will have access to the buildings.
The scanners and management systems are designed and manufactured locally. Although two-dimensional bar coded cards were used during the Cricket World Cup, it is the same system that controls the access.
By being able to identify tenants positively, overcrowding and subletting are eliminated. Under the previous access control system, up to 20 people often lived in a single bachelor`s flat.
"The biggest asset of this control system is that it can be managed from a central point. Fraud and bribery can also be minimized, because the system accurately identifies every person who leaves or enters the building at any given moment. Problems will therefore eliminate themselves in a technological way," Cockcroft says.
DEX has been active in South Africa for many years in the field of IT solutions for insurance and financial services as well as advanced security and access control. DEX also has a foreign branch, which renders security services in South America from its office in Brazil.
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