Popcru plans march to Police Commissioner’s office

13:23 (GMT+2), Tue, 20 August 2013

Christopher Motabogi

Bloemfontein - One of South Africa's largest trade unions, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union will march to Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega's office later this month.

Popcru spokesperson Theto Mahlakoana says the march scheduled for 29 August follows a decision taken by the union leadership in July this year.

At issue is failure by the SAPS management to improve the salaries of its clerks as per a 2011 central bargaining council decision.

According to the agreement, clerks on levels 1-to-3, would be promoted to level 5 thus nullifying all lower ranks.

Mahlakoana says countrywide marches, held in May and June this year, failed to elicit a positive response from police management, with the SAPS being the only state department that has failed to implement the agreement in question.

Earlier, a SAPS police spokesperson, told OFM News that management was willing to implement the 2011 agreement, but had no immediate financial resources to do so.

"We would be embarking on a national march to the office of the national commissioner, Riah Phiyega. There's a lot of logistics involved and of course we need to communicate such a message to our members, a process that's already started" says Popcru's Mahlakoana.

She says SAPS management has shown no intention to address the issue.

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