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City Press reports that businessperson Leeroy Sidambe, who scored two multimillion-rand government contracts, has allegedly been avoiding paying security guards who were hired to guard state facilities.
Sidambe, who is a director of the Sakhile Ezweni Group – which offers security services – has allegedly not paid about 95 guards who were involved in a contract with the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and the Department of Water and Sanitation. The guards are believed to have protested at the company’s headquarters in Sandton on Wednesday. One of them indicated that they had tried several times to get their outstanding salaries paid, but to no avail. A security guard said: We didn’t get our salary leave payouts and we haven’t been briefed on whether we’ll ever get them, or our provident fund money. When we consulted the company at its head offices, we were confronted by heavily armed bouncers and a reaction unit carry batons. They beat us heavily.” He said he and the other guards had worked for Sakhile Ezweni until their contracts expired in August and October, when the two tenders came to an end. In a memorandum submitted to Sidambe’s office by the guards, they demanded their August and September salaries; payment for the overtime worked; provident fund contributions, which were allegedly deducted from their salaries; and their payslips. By the time of going to press, Motshekga had not responded to requests for comment.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Msindisi Fengu at City Press (subscriber access only)
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