Tsimako implores councils to up budget for security

Thebeyame Tsimako, former Commissioner of Police
Thebeyame Tsimako, former Commissioner of Police

FRANCISTOWN: Councils have been urged to allocate enough budget for private security companies servicing them.

The chairperson of the Private Security Licensing board, which is under the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security, Thebeyame Tsimako, made the call during a full council meeting recently. 

Security companies servicing various government departments, councils and private organisations have often been faulted for grossly underpaying their employees. Security guards are considered to be amongst the most abused and exploited category of workers in the country.

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