The South African Policing Union (Sapu) has demanded an increase in overtime allowances for its members ahead of the Soccer World Cup, an official said on Monday.
“Sapu would like to call upon the South African police force paid to the police,” said union secretary Joseph Matam.
Police management had offered to pay employees R700 per shift for overtime worked. The union rejected this and demanded a R900 allowance per shift for its members and that they only work up to eight hours of overtime per day.
“We don’t want a situation where our members will refuse working overtime, especially during the World Cup.”
The union has called on police management to attend to the matter urgently as it could compromise security during the World Cup.
“The 2010 Fifa World Cup is one of the events that fall under the special daily allowance, therefore the country cannot afford to have a dispute or a question mark hanging around a serious issue like that,” the union said.
The Department of Police could not immediately be reached for comment. — Sapa