ASSOCIATION NEWS
Update from SASA February has been a relatively uneventful month in the private security sector, but it has been extremely active behind the scenes…
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From the desk of Tony Botes, SASA National Administrator.
ASA Membership Our membership year ended on 28 February, which means that our office is currently swamped with compliance verification for our Gold Members, and updating of details for all categories of members. SASA has, for the second consecutive year – and mainly because of the ongoing economic situation in the country – decided not to increase the joining or annual fees. We trust that our reserves will comfortably carry us through until 2023 and beyond. To those members, in all categories, who have not yet responded to our email communications, please make urgent contact with our Admin Department on admin@sasecurity.co.za or 0861 100 680 or 083 650 4981. The year ahead… The next few months are going to be filled with challenges of all sorts, but we can assure our members that we will be
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diligent in meeting these head-on, while keeping members informed at all times. Wage negotiations for the 2023 to 2025 three-year period have already commenced, with the exchange of demands by both ‘organised employers’ (SASA, SANSEA/South African National Security Employers’ Association and CEO/ Consolidated Employer Organisation) and ‘organised labour’ (20+ trade unions), set to take place on 1 March 2022. Round one of the face-to-face meetings is scheduled for 17 March. We expect this to just be an exploratory meeting, with both parties motivating their positions and giving clarity on their demands and offers. The actual negotiations will be scheduled to take place a fortnight thereafter, at which the two groups of 12-a-side will engage, hopefully professionally and peacefully, in a process to reach a mutually acceptable settlement in time for it to be approved by the Registrar of Labour Relations and their Minister for implementation
as from March 2023. We do, however, believe that this is going to be one of the most difficult wage negotiation processes in the past couple of decades, as all parties are facing massive challenges. These include serious resistance against any type of price increase from consumers and the retention of clients by security businesses as a result of the huge economic challenges facing our country and the rest of the world. SASA is committed to working towards an acceptable collective agreement and we will keep our members informed of developments during the process. However, that’s not all — there are challenges from within… Neither PSIRA (Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority) nor the Minister of Police have responded to our attorney’s letter of demand that they cease and desist with regard to the new uniform and branding regulations. By the time
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