Police officers deployed to striking 10111 centres
19 July 2017
Cape Town – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has said 10111 emergency call centres will operate as normal on Wednesday when an estimated 5 000 call centre operators go on strike.
Operators, represented by the South African Policing Union (SAPU), are calling on SAPS to increase their current salary level from level 5 to level 7, an estimated increase of R50 000 per annum.
Operators are employed under the Public Service Act and are hence not considered an essential service.
SAPS spokesperson Sally De Beer told News24 on Tuesday that police officers will be deployed to 10111 call centres from Tuesday evening to fill the positions vacated by striking employees.