Overview of latest NCCA branch meeting

The NCCA Gauteng branch held a members’ meeting during February at the premises of CSG Skills Institute in Johannesburg. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, 29 members attended in person while a further nine followed proceedings via the Zoom platform. Some of the issues discussed included national matters:

The percentage of the wage increase for the contract cleaning industry (which is the same percentage increase as that of the National Minimum Wage). Members were cautioned against using other companies to become members of the NCCA as there currently appears to be so many people offering NCCA membership certificates fraudulently. As a result of the NCCA membership certificate being regarded in high esteem, members were asked to advise tenderers or companies putting out tenders to verify NCCA membership certificates or letters submitted. The importance of compliance audits was again highlighted. NCCA Vice President Lennox Batchelor offered a brief overview pertaining to progress made in setting up a Bargaining Council.

The NCCA NEC is in the process of appointing a new service provider for the body’s website. The Western Cape and Border-Kei branches of the NCCA will be rolling out compliance audits, therefore members with cleaners in all branches of the NCCA will be audited in order to qualify for a membership certificate. The Border-Kei branch has been placed under administration and is currently being run through the NCCA national office by Sandy Barrie.

The Gauteng branch will put forward a request that a national members’ survey be conducted to establish if members applied for membership directly through an NCCA office or if they used an agent and also if they are members any other contract cleaning association.

It was also noted that the Gauteng branch, as at 9 February 2022, had 609 invoiced contract cleaning member and 32 invoiced supplier members. Of those, 573 contract cleaning companies were fully paid up and 28 supplier companies were fully paid up. In total, the 609 contract cleaning companies represented a total of 63,999 cleaners.

The next NCCA Gauteng members’ meeting was scheduled for 18 May 2022 at the premises of Goscor Cleaning Equipment in Edenvale.