Words: Mary-Anne Gontsana , Tori Newby and Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp
More security guards employed by Golden Security Services downed tools on Tuesday, this time at the Heideveld Day Hospital, over salary disputes.
On Friday, GroundUp reported that about 80 security guards stationed at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, also employed by Golden Security Services, picketed. They demanded pay which they say is owed to them. They had been on strike for five days.
On Tuesday, a similar strike took place at Heideveld Day Hospital. When GroundUp arrived, about 30 security officers in uniform were gathered at the gates. They said they started work with the company on 1 July.
Abonga Zuma, a senior security officer, said, Golden Security Services keeps paying us on different dates, paying our salaries in short, and then tells us that we need to hand in payment queries [forms] if we want our outstanding amounts - I am owed R3 500.
