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Cape Argus reports that security workers from Chippa Training Academy (CTA), a company owned by soccer club boss Chippa Mpengesi, held a protest on Monday outside Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) offices at Cape Town train station and handed over a memorandum with their grievances.
The emotional security guards gathered outside the offices after their March and April salaries were not paid. The company is contracted to Prasa (Western Cape) for the provision of security services in the Cape Town Metropole rail network. Shop steward Thobela Nkone said the last payment was in February and, after not being paid for two months, they decided to down tools on 3 May. “There’s over 200 of us who have not been paid for both March and April. We tried almost everything to negotiate with both parties – CTA and Prasa – so we can get our salaries. Prasa is not willing to come on board. They claim they have given the much needed money to Chippa.” A Prasa spokesperson said they were in no position to comment on the affairs of a third party, but payments had been made to the company according to the invoices submitted. CTA’s spokesperson Themba Yawa said: “Prasa has since May 2019 failed to honour its contractual obligations in terms of the contract entered into with CTA by not applying yearly increment on invoice of the company owing more than R20 million in arrears”. He added that Prasa continuously imposed drastic penalties on CTA, but the company was still committed to honouring the contract.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siviwe Melapi at Cape Argus
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