Security, cleaners unpaid after Tlatsa Ghetto flop

The security officers who were to paid P150 each were under the employ of Demand Security, a company that was directly engaged by the KAST foundation, while the cleaners were engaged by Tlatsa Ghetto organisers.

“I came here yesterday (Saturday) at 12pm and it’s almost 24 hours now and I haven’t eaten anything. I was employed by Demand Security as a bouncer,” said Manyeloi Baboletse who was among the festival security members.  “From what I hear there are issues between the security company and the Tlatsa Lebala organisers and there is no money to pay us for the work we have done that is why we are still waiting here.” Trevor Keemenao who also manned the security said what pains him is that they have to wait extra hours that will not be accounted for. He said the exploitation is not a new thing. “If I leave this place without my money I will never get it, it happened to me a couple of times. We are risking our lives for as little as P150 to assist them and they become problematic when they are supposed to pay us.” The director of Demand Security Otsetswe Makhulumo, who also cried foul, said the KAST foundation tricked him into taking over the job with intentions of cheating him.