PSIRA IS ABOVE THE LAW

My security company was suspended in September 2017 because the annual fee was paid one day late. PSIRA gave the company a fine in June 2014in the amount of R41500 and we are paying off the fine monthly in the amount of R2000 per month. The annual fee was paid in full. The fee for uplifting the suspension was paid in full. PSIRA said they would uplift the suspension if I pay the amount of R3110. I paid the amount, but they did not uplift the suspension. It was just a **** to get money

The company has made almost double the amount in payments for the original fines. They told me that suspension will be uplifted when the fine is paid in full as they indicated by email.

PSIRA however keeps raising the outstanding amount. Where the amount was once just over 40k , it is now over 71k. My email account had been flooded with reminders / plea’s to uplift suspension. Then I went to see a lawyer. The lawyer basically told me that SPIRA is above the law and they can do what they want. My plea’s to uplift suspension falls on death ears. PSIRA even offered to “buy” my company because of the suspension. I feel victimized by PSIRA.

Every month I must submit an employer’s report about who I employed during the month and who left the company. PSIRA then respond with a statement in which they indicate that the records had been updated. PSIRA is well aware that the company is still operating in order to be able to pay back the fine. They even did inspections from time to time. PSIRA considers themselves to be above the law.