ActionSA notes the statement by the Gauteng Provincial Legislature regarding its intervention after Mafoko Security Company failed to honour its salary obligations to workers contracted to provide security services at the Legislature.
The latest failure of Mafoko Security to pay December 2025 salaries – after repeated instances of late pay and unpaid wages – exposes, once again, the deep and systemic exploitation of frontline workers by labour brokers, and underscores why ActionSA has championed the insourcing of security, cleaning and other essential personnel.
ActionSA has long maintained that insourcing is not merely a policy preference but a moral imperative to restore dignity and fairness in the workplace by ending the exploitative practices of labour brokers. During his tenure as Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, implemented one of the largest and most successful insourcing programmes in the country – directly absorbing 4 185 security guards and 1 879 cleaners into permanent City employment – thereby ending their precarious conditions and eliminating exploitative middlemen.
The benefits of insourcing are clear: workers gain access to stable employment with statutory benefits such as UIF, medical aid and provident funds, whilst municipalities gain a loyal, accountable workforce whose performance can be directly managed and improved. This principled approach was not merely theoretical; it was delivered on the ground in Johannesburg under Mashaba’s leadership and remains a cornerstone of ActionSA’s approach to fair labour practices nationwide.
In the City of Tshwane, ActionSA has continued to push for meaningful progress on insourcing under the leadership of Executive Mayor, Dr Nasiphi Moya. ActionSA welcomed the City of Tshwane’s first concrete steps towards in-house capacity building, including the advertising of
permanent cleaner posts and movement toward direct employment, as a positive signal that the Capital City is beginning to break the exploitative cycle that leaves workers vulnerable.
ActionSA therefore calls on:
- All spheres of government to adopt clear, binding insourcing commitments in every municipality and provincial institution where labour brokers exploit frontline workers;
- The Gauteng Provincial Legislature and the Legislature’s Speaker to urgently move beyond temporary protection measures and commit to a defined insourcing pathway for all security and support staff currently at risk;
- Legislative oversight committees to monitor and report quarterly on progress towards the attainment of insourcing goals.
Essential workers do not deserve the indignity of late pay, missed salaries or the uncertainty of outsourcing contracts that change with the political winds. They deserve decent, direct employment with the full protections of the labour laws. This is a principle ActionSA has delivered where we govern, and one we will continue to pursue vigorously in Gauteng and across South Africa.
ActionSA Reiterates Call for Insourcing After Legislature’s Intervention to Protect Workers
ActionSA notes the statement by the Gauteng Provincial Legislature regarding its intervention after Mafoko Security Company failed to honour its salary obligations to workers contracted to provide security services at the Legislature.
The latest failure of Mafoko Security to pay December 2025 salaries – after repeated instances of late pay and unpaid wages – exposes, once again, the deep and systemic exploitation of frontline workers by labour brokers, and underscores why ActionSA has championed the insourcing of security, cleaning and other essential personnel.
ActionSA has long maintained that insourcing is not merely a policy preference but a moral imperative to restore dignity and fairness in the workplace by ending the exploitative practices of labour brokers. During his tenure as Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, implemented one of the largest and most successful insourcing programmes in the country – directly absorbing 4 185 security guards and 1 879 cleaners into permanent City employment – thereby ending their precarious conditions and eliminating exploitative middlemen.
The benefits of insourcing are clear: workers gain access to stable employment with statutory benefits such as UIF, medical aid and provident funds, whilst municipalities gain a loyal, accountable workforce whose performance can be directly managed and improved. This principled approach was not merely theoretical; it was delivered on the ground in Johannesburg under Mashaba’s leadership and remains a cornerstone of ActionSA’s approach to fair labour practices nationwide.
In the City of Tshwane, ActionSA has continued to push for meaningful progress on insourcing under the leadership of Executive Mayor, Dr Nasiphi Moya. ActionSA welcomed the City of Tshwane’s first concrete steps towards in-house capacity building, including the advertising of
permanent cleaner posts and movement toward direct employment, as a positive signal that the Capital City is beginning to break the exploitative cycle that leaves workers vulnerable.
ActionSA therefore calls on:
Essential workers do not deserve the indignity of late pay, missed salaries or the uncertainty of outsourcing contracts that change with the political winds. They deserve decent, direct employment with the full protections of the labour laws. This is a principle ActionSA has delivered where we govern, and one we will continue to pursue vigorously in Gauteng and across South Africa.