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Guards try to torch office

2010-06-16 10:41

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Durban – Two World Cup stadium security guards protesting over low wages tried to torch their employer's office in Durban on Wednesday morning.

Security guards were gathering outside Stallion Security's premises in Stamford Hill Road when two of them lit newspapers and approached the building.

Their colleagues stopped them while others ran away. The papers, taken from a man distributing free copies of a community newspaper, were doused before the two men reached the building. There were no police around at the time.

Security guards were camping outside the offices waiting to be paid. Some got their wages on Tuesday. It was not clear if the rest would get their money on a public holiday.

Guards hired by Stallion Security to work at the stadium on Monday morning overturned refuse bins and threw objects at police after the game between Germany and Australia on Sunday night.

They claimed they had been promised R1 500 a day, but were getting only R190. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse them.

The guards were expected to move to Botha Park later on Wednesday where they would meet street vendors who apparently wanted to support their strike.

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