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Thursday, February 02, 2017

A prisoner busy working at University of Botswana circle

The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Shaw Kgathi has finally implemented the Private Security Services Act of 2015. The new Act will guide the private security companies’ operations and present security employees as the winners as there will be heavy penalties for non-compliant companies.

Over the years, there have been complaints from security guards for non-compliance with the laws of Botswana, in particular the Employment Act.

Employees are always not paid their wages and terminal benefits by their employers. When presenting the Act to the security service providers, Kgathi said it was for this reason they had to come up with punitive measures for companies that could even go for months without paying employees.

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