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SHILIMELA security services have either fired or suspended about 18 security guards this month after complaining to management and talking to the media about abuse.
Fourteen security guards were based at Unam in Windhoek, while the other four were at Katima Mulilo. People based in Windhoek were fired earlier this month, while Katima Mulilo's four were suspended this week.
Secretary-General of the Namibian Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau), John Kwedhi, said he was aware of the guards' allegations of sexual harassment and several other problems.
Kwedhi said The Namibian On Tuesday, security agents contacted the union after their dismissal earlier this month.
He added that the security guards claimed that the company did not explain the deductions made; that their wages did not arrive in time; many have been victims of unfair dismissal as well as sexual harassment by their supervisors.
Some of the security guards, he said, also claimed that the company had deducted from their salaries between N $ 400 and N $ 1,000, which is illegal.
He claimed to have tried to contact the owner of the security company, but had trouble reaching him.
"Her phone is usually turned off every time I try to call her about complaints filed by union workers," Kwedhi said.
Sesilia Mingila claimed that she had been fired from the security firm along with 13 other people on November 9, 2018 after she complained to the management of illegal payroll deductions, the absence of bulletin pay, late payment of wages and sexual advances to female staff members. month.
The company, she said, did not pay her when she left on maternity leave in April 2017, although they agreed in advance to pay them all.
"Four women took maternity leave at about the same time, but only two were paid," Mingila said.
She added that they had also tried to contact management directly about the unfair conditions they faced, but they had been informed that they were not allowed access to the personal details of the organization. responsible.
"I was blacklisted because my boss claimed that I had bad manners and accused me of smoking marijuana, which I did not do "She lamented.
Banda Shilimela, the owner of the security company, said The Namibian Monday that the charges were false.
Shilimela stated that he had never employed any of the plaintiffs.
"These people are not my employees," he said.
Annety Kamwi, Sabrina Mukasa, Mavis Misako and Kaima Mulilo's Purity Sibolile were suspended after being informed The Namibian last week they had not been paid for three months.
In a letter dated November 22, 2018, Shilimela stated that the four persons were guilty of misconduct for providing false information to the media. He also stated that they would be informed of the date of the disciplinary hearings within three months.
Sibolile said The Namibian Yesterday, she had dared Shilimela to show proof of the contracts they had signed and pay slips to show that he had paid them.
"This suspension shows that we are being victimized for telling the truth. How is it appropriate for us to be prosecuted for misconduct when we do not even have a contract? She accused.
Misako, who has been working for the company for 10 years, said that since there was no pension, she would appreciate it if she was receiving her salary for the last two months.
"Since I started working in this company, I have never been on leave. But now, for defending my rights, I am suspended. So all I can hope for is my salary for two months, "she added.
Last week Berina Mwampole, the Zambezi regional supervisor, confirmed to the Namibian newspaper that some security agents were not paid for the months of September, October and November, and then sent the rest of the questions to Shilimela.
However, Mwampole did not respond to calls or text messages sent to it on Tuesday, The Namibian understands that she is the one who handed the letters of suspension to the security guards.
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