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Durban – Jackets and accreditation tags were on Tuesday taken from scores of security guards who went on the rampage in Durban on Monday over wages.

Attempts by Stallion Security to cajole security guards to return to work failed on Tuesday morning.

The guards ignored forms they were asked to sign to give an undertaking that they would not withdraw their labour again during the World Cup.

As a result, the company paid them and took their jackets and accreditation tags.

Queuing guards

By 14:00, guards were queuing to get R205 for working during the game between Germany and Australia.

Police were at the Moses Mabhida stadium.

It was not clear whether the guards would be allowed to return to work.

While most of the guards were adamant that the strike should continue, some felt it should be abandoned pending negotiations about the dispute.

Negotiations

"I believe that we should wait for negotiations to be concluded. I think that we should work during the game tomorrow (Wednesday)," said Bongani Mqadi, one of the security guards.

The guards met at the Durban railway station on Tuesday morning, later marching the one kilometre to the stadium while police watched them on the ground and from a helicopter overhead.

The guards overturned refuse bins and hurled objects at the police, who opened fire on them with rubber bullets, early on Monday after the game between Germany and Australia.

The guards told journalists they were promised R1 500 a day, but only received R190.

No comment

"Our company has taken a decision not to comment on this matter. Please respect our decision," said a Stallion Security official Robin Claassen.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brigadier Phindile Radebe said contingency plans were in place for Wednesday's game at the stadium.

"There is no need for people to panic. Everything is under control. We understand that there are negotiations currently taking place to resolve the problem."

Radebe said police had been sent to the stadium, but she could not say how many.