Hundreds of members of the Progressive Civics Congress (PCC) descended on the headquarters of the City of Tshwane (Tshwane House) to demand the insourcing of security guards who presently work for the City of Tshwane but are under “the shabby control of labour brokers.”
They were joined by MKP members, UAT members, residents of Olivenhoutbosch and security guards.
They delivered two memorandums of service delivery issues in Olivenhoutbosch and insourcing of security guards.
City of Tshwane MMC for Utility Frans Boshielo received a Memorandum.
“We are here to force the City of Tshwane Municipality to insource security officers who are still working under labour brokers as promised in the 2021 resolution of the City of Tshwane Municipal Council meeting,” said a determined Kleinbooi Aphane, who is the interim chairperson of PCC.
“We are also here to protest against the installation of conventional meters inside RDP houses because the community has indicated that it doesn’t want those meters as they can’t afford them and that what they need are prepaid meters which allow them to buy water and thirdly, we are complaining about lack of service delivery whereby one finds emissions from sewerages running down the streets in places like Olivenhoutbosch with poo splashed all over the place,” enthused Aphane.
“Another issue is that the local Ward Councillor in Olivenhoutbosch does not work with the community because he doesn’t care about community concerns as he is a mere tenant and not a home owner, and is therefore not affected by the installation of prepaid meters inside the RDP homes,” explained Aphane.
PCC member Thozama Figlan reading a Memorandum on service delivery issues photo by Dimakatso Modipa
He said what the City of Tshwane is doing to the security officers who work under labour brokers is unfair as they are unregistered and that this is against the law as the security officers have been working for over five years for the City of Tshwane.
“As PCC we are saying if the Deputy Mayor of the City of Tshwane Eugene Modise is guilty of benefitting illegally from a water tanker tender, then he must be arrested and forced to step aside,” he said.
One of the security guards Winnie Mtshweni reading a Memorandum on behalf of security guards photo by Dimakatso Modipa
He said Mayor Nasiphi Moyo and her deputy Modise are both guilty of chowing the Municipality’s money and that the Mayor is protecting her Deputy because they are working together in the scheme to chow funds.
Aphane appealed to all owners of security companies that have tenders with the City of Tshwane Municipality to stop abusing security guards and follow the country’s labour laws.
A security officer who is presently working under labour brokering company Rahiti, pointed out that she has been working under different labour brokering companies for over fifteen years now and is still an unregistered worker with no benefits to speak of whatsoever.
She said in 2021, 1 500 security officers who had been working under labour brokers were insourced into the Municipality’s workforce with promises by the Municipality that each year 1 500 security officers under labour brokers will be insourced until all security officers are permanently employed directly by the Municipality.
“Labour brokering companies don’t take us seriously as they don’t pay us on time and don’t even provide us with uniforms or working equipment,” she said.
“This situation under labour brokers is affecting us negatively because we have children and must take care of our families and some of our fellow security officers have died due to depression that has been inflicted upon them by the labour brokers,” she explained.
Security officer Faith Mashigo has been working for over 14 years for labour brokers and is very disappointed that other security officers have been insourced by the City of Tshwane while she and other officers have been ignored.
“We are doing the same job as security officers and those of us who have not been insourced look like stupids, and some of us will be going on pension without anything to show for our long service as security officers safe-guarding City of Tshwane property,” lamented Mashigo.
“Political parties are not the ones safe-guarding Municipal property and the Municipality must stop pleasing political parties and engage us directly because we want the truth about where we stand regarding insourcing once and for all,” she fumed.
The security guards have been staging protest marches since 2021 demanding to be insourced by the City of Tshwane Municipality, but up to so far their demands have fallen on deaf ears.
Copy of Memorandum on service delivery in Olivenhoutbosch:
PCC Tshwane Memorundum_Tshwane_Service_Delivery_Collapse_170326
Copy of Memorandum on insourcing security guards:
PCC Tshwane Memorundum_Tshwane_Insourcing_170326
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