The South African Municipal Workers Union calls for insourcing of municipal security

Citing “shocking” spending numbers on private security, the South African Municipal Workers Union calls for insourcing of municipal security in eThekwini. Simon Mathe, SAMWU’s General Secretary, says “security services for municipal assets will always be required by municipalities hence there is no need to outsource this service. Municipalities should directly employ people who will be responsible for this service on a permanent basis. The outsourcing of services like these and others in municipalities has resulted in a situation wherein workers are continually exploited by the tenderpreneurs who are not interested in service delivery but their own pockets.”