Labour - POPCRU threatens national strike

On Sakhisizwe today, we spoke to Mncedisi Mbolekwa - Provincial secretary of POPCRU in the Western Cape about the outcome of the march they embarked on yesterday. POPCRU Members employed by the South African Police Service under the Public Service Act were marching over the safety and security sectoral bargaining council agreement signed in 2011, which had apparently not yet been implemented. POPCRU is demanding that SAPS implements the agreement signed which states that Public Service Act employees would be translated into the SAPS Act to ensure that they are eligible for the vast benefits currently enjoyed by their colleagues in uniform. Mncedisi said that POPCRU will convene a national march 14 days from the day of the first round of marches in the event that SAPS doesn’t deliver on their demands. For further information you can contact him on (021) 696 4277.