News24 reports that a labour dispute, allegedly over unpaid wages, led to a stand-off between private security and construction workers in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.

A private security company, Scorpion Risk Holdings, was called out to the Sandton premises due to a labour dispute between workers and a contractor. "As we arrived, the rioters basically attacked us and assaulted our members. One of our members was stabbed with a knife on the right side of the chest, and he was rushed to Morningside Clinic. He is stable," CEO Riaan Erasmus reported. He claimed the protesting workers allegedly took possession of a firearm, loaded with rubber bullets, but it was later retrieved by law enforcement. One of the workers on the scene said they were protesting because they had not been paid for two months. He confirmed that there had been an altercation between the private security and the workers. The management, said to be inside the premises negotiating a resolution, did not speak to the media. The Johannesburg Metro Police Department's Wayne Minnaar, reported: “There [was] a protest in Benmore Road, in Sandton, where construction workers have been protesting because of allegations of no payment of salaries. There was an assault on one of the security guards, who was injured and taken to Morningside Clinic."

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Canny Maphanga at News24

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