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GroundUp reports that several SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) offices in the Western Cape were closed on Tuesday as a result of a strike by security guards.
Sassa promised to put a contingency plan in place, and when GroundUp checked on Wednesday, the Cape Town office and the Athlone offices were open again. Calls to other offices in the city to find out if they were open went unanswered. Sassa’s Annelize Bester said they had closed some offices on Tuesday “as we do not have enough security officials on duty to cover all the service points”. For clients affected by the closures, alternative appointment dates were being arranged where possible and people wanting to apply for grants could also use the Sassa website’s online platform. Bester said the strike was the result of a dispute between the security company appointed by Sassa and employees. Sassa had been notified about the strike late on Monday. Bester said Sassa was in discussions with the security company. On Wednesday, Sassa indicated that the security service provider had implemented the contingency plan and all Sassa offices should be operational.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marecia Damons at GroundUp
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