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Communica
53 Landmarks Avenue, Samrand, Centurion
Core business offering: Communica is a South African importer, wholesale distributor, B2B, and retailer specialising in a diverse range of products. It offers premium solutions in CCTV, audio and video intercoms, intrusion detection systems, solar solutions, smart home devices, IoT devices, batteries, cables, test and measurement instruments, and tools and production equipment.
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Cape Town
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Pretoria
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Samrand - Head Office
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Section - Access control & identity management
-Access control readers & control units
-Card technology
- Proximity
- RFID
- Smartcard
-Control systems
- Card/keypad combination
- Parking management/control software
- Time & attendance integration
-Facial recognition
-Fingerprint analysis
Section - Alarm systems - sensors, panels & systems
-Annunciators, lights
-Annunciators, sirens
-Central station & remote monitoring equipment
- Audio equipment
- Digital communicating equipment
- Remote controls with zone annunciation
- Remote release
-Control panels
- Arm/disarm stations
- I/O expanders
- Programmable remotely
- Remote stations
- Touch screen
- Wireless
- Zone expanders
-Miscellaneous alarm equipment
- Batteries
- Battery backup
- Battery testers/analysers
- Cabinets & racks
- Installation materials
-Power or environment sensors
- AC & UPS power failure protection
- Fire
- Gas/toxic vapour
- Humidity
- Lightning protection devices
- Surge protection devices
- Temperature
- Water presence/level
-Remote monitoring
- GSM/cellular
-Audio
-Dual technology detectors
-Electromagnetic, field disturbance
-Infrared illuminators
-Infrared, active
-Infrared, passive (PIR)
-Motion detectors
-Photoelectric beam
-Proximity sensors
-Vibration sensors
-Audio detection
- Audio discriminators/microphones
-Contacts, door & window switches
-Emergency switches
-Frequency-tuned sensors
- Glass-break sensors (on glass)
-Light sensors
-Motion detectors
- Dual detectors
- Infrared, passive
- Microwave
- Photoelectric
- Ultrasonic
- Video motion detectors
-Panic buttons
-Proximity sensor
-Vibration/shock detectors
Section - Communications equipment
-GSM cellular
-Intercoms
- Standalone intercoms
- Videophone intercoms
-IP/network
-Public address & paging systems
-Recording, audio/video equipment
-Routers/modems
Section - IoT/IT security infrastructure
-Cables & fibres
-Connectors
-Enclosures, racks & consoles
- Cabinets - free-standing
- Cabinets - wall mounted
- Consoles - workstations, desk
- Racks & sub-racks
-Network hardware
-Network management s/w
-Other networking equipment
-Routers & switches
-Wireless networking
-Batteries - chargeable
-Batteries - non-chargeable
-Battery charging systems
-Battery packs
-Constant voltage transformer
-Fixed voltage
- AC-DC converter
- DC-DC converter
- Regulated
- Unregulated
-Frequency converters
-Inverters
-Lightning arresters
-Other batteries & backup power supplies
-Power cables
-Power failure warning system
-Power surge protectors & filters
-Solar power solutions
-Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
- Continuous
- Standby
-Variable voltage DC
-Voltage surge suppressors
-Alarms & intrusion
-Integrated mobile management platforms
-Integrated solutions
-Networking & communications
-Perimeter
-Power management
- Electrical equipment (invertors, surge protectors etc)
- Generators and power generation
- Solar/Green solutions
- UPS/batteries
-Smart home cloud services
-Surveillance
Section - Surveillance equipment
-Consoles/enclosures for CCTV systems
-Housings, camera
- Domes/spheres/hemispheres
- Dust-proof
- Ergonomic (indoor)
- Explosion-proof
- Extreme environmental
- High-temperature
- Integrated low-light enhancement
- Vandal-proof
- Weather-proof
-Lighting
- Control devices
- Infrared
- Portable generators & lights
- Security
-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/drones
-Video monitors
-Video multiplexers
-Camera controls
- Multiplexers
- Pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ indoor)
- Pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ outdoor)
- Remote control devices
- Sequencers
-Cameras
- Body-worn cameras
Cameras: Body-worn cameras
- Combination thermal & visual sensors
Cameras: Combination thermal & visual sensors
- Concealed, covert
- Fixed
Cameras: Fixed
- High definition (HD) - IP
- High definition (HD) analogue
- Industrial use thermals
- Infrared
- Low light
- Network/IP
- Night vision equipment
- PTZ
Cameras: PTZ
- Simulated/dummy
Cameras: Simulated/dummy
Cameras: Simulated/dummy
-Digital video systems
- Storage systems
- Visual verification systems
-Lenses
- Fixed focal length
- Panoramic
- Varifocal
- Zoom (motorised)
-Perimeter solutions
- Dual thermal/visual camera monitoring
- Thermal camera monitoring
-Thermal cameras
- Fixed
- Industrial use
- Long distance
-Vehicle CCTV systems
-Video multiplexers
-Video recorders
- Digital video recorders (DVR)
- Hybrid video recorders (XVR)
- Network video recorders (NVR)
| News from Communica: |
Communica to distribute TVT
August 2017, Surveillance, Products & Solutions, Communica
The Communica Group recently added the TVT range of surveillance solutions to its product catalogue.
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High-voltage opto-isolator
16 February 2011, Opto-Electronics, Communica
Providing power electronics design engineers with a high-voltage optoisolator designed for use in harsh environments and explosion-proof applications, OPTEK Technology has developed a UL- and VDE-rated ... |
Communica named as one of the Top 300 BEE companies
6 October 2004, News, Communica
The Communica website (www.communica.co.za) will be fully interactive shortly, and the company intends this to be a most valuable source of technical information as well as an order entry terminal for customers |
Security news: |
Beyond the checkpoint
SMART Mining & Industrial Security 2026, Editor's Choice, Veracitech
For decades, mining corporations have treated employee screening as a necessary friction point, an operational cost to be managed rather than a strategic capability to be optimised. A new generation of full-body X-ray technology, purpose-built for the realities of high-throughput precious-metals environments, is beginning to change that calculus.
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Digital ID and facial recognition for safer learning institutions
May 2026, Integrated Solutions, Education (Industry)
As crime rises, South African schools and tertiary education institutions are locked in an ongoing battle to secure their premises and keep children and students safe. Focusing on advanced digital safeguards could provide enhanced situational awareness and more effective yet unobtrusive protection. |
Security that never sleeps
May 2026, Surveillance, Secutel Technologies
Retail environments face increasing pressure to protect stock, staff, and operational continuity, especially after hours when sites are most vulnerable. Traditional monitoring methods often rely on reactive measures. Virtual Guard changes this approach. |
Persistent surveillance with rapid deployment
SMART Mining & Industrial Security 2026, Editor's Choice
Sky Robots has introduced an aerial drone system designed to operate as a consistent layer within security environments, addressing long-standing challenges around visibility and response across large or complex sites. |
Who is to blame for autonomous mistakes?
SMART Mining & Industrial Security 2026, Security Services & Risk Management, Industrial (Industry), Mining (Industry), Editor's Choice
Most supply agreements for AI-integrated equipment still closely resemble plant hire contracts from ten years ago: bilateral, human-focused, and silent on who bears the risk when a machine makes a decision on its own.
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Smoke detection is finally going digital-first
SMART Mining & Industrial Security 2026, Fire & Safety, Securiton
With the launch of the SecuriSmoke ASD 2000, fire safety installers now have access to a generational leap forward in ASD technology, featuring performance and power upgrades compared to its predecessor, the SecuriSmoke 535.
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