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The South African Policing Union (SAPU) was established in November 1993 and has an extensive membership within the policing cluster which includes the South African Police Service (SAPS), Department of Correctional Service (DCS), Metro Police Departments and Traffic Departments.

SAPU is a participating union in the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) and the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council (SSSBC) where transverse and sector employee issues are negotiated.


What's New
Presentation to Portfolio Committee 2010 - 24 February 2010


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SAPU calls for review of suspensions in civil service
The South African Policing Union (SAPU) would like to call upon the Department of Public Service and Administration to review as a matter of extreme urgency the policy of suspensions in the civil service. We have learnt with dismay and shock that the cash-strapped Department of Correctional Services has paid out nearly R1.4 million so far in salaries to axed prisons boss Xoliswa Sibeko and two senior officials. continue reading


Letter to Mail and Guardian Newspaper
In response to your questions the South African Policing Union (SAPU) with 85 000 paid members in the SAPS would like to state it categorically clear we fully support any genuine initiatives to beef up security in the country not only for the World Cup but 365 days in a year. We are of the view that the SAPS’ initiative of recruiting 50 000 more police that are ex-officers will never be realized because where they are not they are well paid. Do we need managers or functionary members? If these ex-officers come back, the SAPS must be prepared to pay them adequately. continue reading

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For collective agreements signed in the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council (SSSBC): Go to www.sssbc.org.za

For collective agreements signed in the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC): Go to www.pscbc.org.za


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