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Hi-Tech Security Business Directory (HSBD)
Communica

53 Landmarks Avenue, Samrand, Centurion

tel:  
+27 12 657 3500
cell:  
+27 79 696 4002
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.communica.co.za

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.


Cape Town

tel: +27 21 510 2055
[email protected]
Pretoria

tel: +27 12 328 7008
[email protected]
Samrand - Head Office

tel: +27 12 657 3500
[email protected]
Dalwai, Bashier
Cape Regional Manager
[email protected]
Hassim, Yusuf
Group Operations Officer
[email protected]
Khan, Afzal
Retail Sales Manager
[email protected]
Shaboddin, Ziyaad
Group Executive Officer
[email protected]
Waja, Farhana
Pretoria Regional Manager
[email protected]
AC DC Dynamics
(Sub Agency)
Accentronix
(Sub Agency)
Aiphone
(Sub Agency)
AirLive
(Sole Agency)
Ajax Systems
(Sub Agency)
Amatec
(Sub Agency)
Atsumi
(Shared Agency)
Centurion
(Sub Agency)
Dahua Technology
(Sub Agency)
DSC
(Sub Agency)
Fibaro
(Sub Agency)
Fluke
(Sub Agency)
Gemini
(Sub Agency)
Hikvision
(Sub Agency)
iBASE Technology
(Sole Agency)
IDS
(Sub Agency)
IMOU
(Sub Agency)
ITC
(Shared Agency)
Kedacom
(Sub Agency)
Lansidun
(Sole Agency)
Logipix
(Sole Agency)
LongHorn
(Sub Agency)
Luminous Inverters
(Sub Agency)
Mobotix
(Shared Agency)
Nemtek
(Sub Agency)
Nice
(Sub Agency)
Olarm
(Sub Agency)
OPTEX
(Sub Agency)
Paradox
(Sub Agency)
ParaVision
(Sub Agency)
Securiton
(Installer)
Sentry
(Sub Agency)
Shenzhen Jianing Star
(Sole Agency)
SonOff
(Shared Agency)
Sunell
(Sub Agency)
Takex
(Sub Agency)
Texecom
(Sub Agency)
Triwatcher
(Sole Agency)
Tuya
(Shared Agency)
TVT
(Sub Agency)
Ubiquiti
(Sub Agency)
Uni-T
(Sub Agency)
Uniview
(Sub Agency)
Visonic
(Shared Agency)
Voltronic
(Sub Agency)
Xytron
(Sole Agency)
ZKTeco
(Sub Agency)
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
-Wireless security
-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.

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:
Holding all the cards
SMART Access & Identity 2026, Access Control & Identity Management, neaMetrics, Suprema, SMART Security Solutions, Technews Publishing

After so many years of offering alternatives to card technology for access control, one could be forgiven for assuming we are all using biometrics or mobile credentials for all our physical and digital access requirements.

Access as a Service is inevitable
SMART Access & Identity 2026, Access Control & Identity Management, Infrastructure, Technews Publishing, SMART Security Solutions, ATG Digital

When it comes to Access Control as a Service (ACaaS), most organisations (roughly 90% internationally) plan to move, or are in the process of moving to the cloud, but the majority of existing infrastructure (about 70%) remains on-premises for now.

From surveillance to insight across Africa
SMART Access & Identity 2026, Surveillance, Access Control & Identity Management, Products & Solutions, neaMetrics, TRASSIR - neaMetrics Distribution

TRASSIR is a global developer of intelligent video management and analytics solutions, delivering AI-driven platforms that enable organisations to monitor, analyse, and respond to events across complex physical environments.

Making a mesh for security
SMART Access & Identity 2026, Information Security, Security Services & Risk Management

Credential-based attacks have reached epidemic levels. For African CISOs in particular, the message is clear: identity is now the perimeter, and defences must reflect that reality with coherence and context.

Directory of access and identity management suppliers 2025
SMART Access & Identity 2026, Access Control & Identity Management

The Directory of Access and Identity Management Suppliers 2026 includes the details of companies that provide products, advice and services to the access control and identity management market.

A clear vision for a safer, smarter future
February 2026, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection, News & Events, Smart Home Automation

With its authoritative lineup of sponsors and exhibitors, HomeSec Expo 2026 embodies an authoritative, yet pragmatic vision, for the security industry. It is a vision that recognises both the urgency of current threats and the excitement of technological innovation.

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