BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has called on the Mpumalanga provincial treasury to stop doing business with security firms that fail to comply with requirements of the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector (NBCPSS).

The call by Numsa comes after it and members of unions such as the Abanqobi Workers Union, Kungwini Amalgamated Workers Union and the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union marched to the Mpumalanga provincial treasury on Thursday “to demand that they stop doing business with security companies which are noncompliant”. Numsa’s Irvin Jim indicated: “There are 462 security companies, including some contracted to the Mpumalanga provincial treasury, that are deducting millions of rand from the salaries of security workers, but they have failed to pay that money over to the service providers. This is fraud and it denies workers their well-deserved benefits such as healthcare insurance and a provident fund. Many of these noncompliant companies are also charged with protecting government departments including National Key Points.” In September 2022, the sector signed a four-year pay deal for a 13% rise in the first year that came into effect in March, a 6.5% rise in the second year and 7.5% in the next two years. Employment & Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi extended the agreement to nonparties. Jim pointed out that compliance included registration with the Private Security Sector Provident Fund and the NBCPSS Health Insurance administered by Affinity Health, and payment of the minimum wage and the agreed allowances and overtime.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)

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