Press Statement dated 7 July 2019
The Congress of South Africa Trade Unions in the North West province has met with the Premier of Prof Job Mokgoro to intervene on the matter s related to the non payment of security personnel who are contracted to the provincial administration.
COSATU and the Premier have agreed that all workers must be paid within seven days and that a follow-up meeting will be convened in the coming week to finalise the logistics of the payments
We have also agreed to look into the future of the security personnel in the province with a view of exploring an option of absorbing them as permanent employees of the provincial administration
COSATU welcomes the intervention made by the Premier and we anticipate good cooperation moving forward
Issued by Kopano Konopi, North West Provincial Secretary, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)