Cape Town -
Private security firm ADT’s vehicles have become less visible in some areas because of a wildcat strike.
About 50 guards have been on strike since Wednesday in protest at video cameras being installed in their patrol vehicles.
ADT managing director Danna Strydom declined to say which areas were affected, but Kirstenhof Community Police Forum chairman Geoffrey Fox said most were in the southern suburbs.
Fox said five neighbourhood watches in the Kirstenhof precinct, which included Heathfield, Bergvliet and Tokai, had increased patrols to help offset the drop in visibility of ADT patrol vehicles.
“Those guards on strike are against cameras being installed in their cars. The crazy thing is that the cameras are there to protect them and assist them, rather than monitoring their work performance,” Fox said.
Hout Bay Community Police Forum chairman Jim McKenna said the seaside suburb had not been affected.
The sector’s union, the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, did not sanction the strike, but ADT would continue talks with the guards and their union to resolve the matter, Strydom said.
Satawu officials could not be reached.
Cape Times