POPCRU KZN calls on national police to pay SAPS members for overtime during elections

JOHANNESBURG - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is calling on national police to pay South African Police Service (SAPS) members in the province for their overtime work during elections. 

Police deployed hundreds of extra boots on the ground in KZN during the elections as fears mounted over possible unrest. 

POPCRU said officers who were deployed to the more than 5,000 voting stations during the election period have only been paid a portion of what is owed to them. 

POPCRU provincial secretary Nthabeleng Molefe: "The money that was paid was only for 12 hours, which only amounts to one day. The members have worked tirelessly, some have worked 24 hours, up until 36 hours." 

She said due to the work falling under a special event, the money was meant to be provided for by the national SAPS office. 

"That is why we call SAPS at the national office to make sure the members are paid what is due to them."