Bargaining Council June 2025: National Qualification Opportunities & Important Contact Info

Opportunity for City & Guilds Industry-Qualified Hairdressers to Obtain the South African National Qualification

Establishments are again requested to engage with eligible employees and colleagues concerning the opportunity for City & Guilds industry-qualified hairdressers to apply for the fully funded ARPL Trade Test to obtain the South African National Qualification.

The South African National Qualification enables a host employer and/or mentor to train learners enrolled for the National Occupational Qualification, Hairdresser. It also provides accreditation for any hairdressers aspiring to become facilitators (lecturers), assessors, or moderators. OPPORTUNITY-CITY-GUILDS-TO-OBTAIN-SA-QUALIFICATION-15062025.pdf

 HBSI: Section 13A of the Pension Funds Act: Responsible Person

The HBSI Pension Fund has issued a request for all Employers to provide the names and contact details of the responsible persons for their entities. 2025-Section-13A-Information-request_3.pdf. The Forms that have been circulated should be completed and submitted to hbsipension@prevue.co.za.

Employers are reminded of their legal duty to provide the Fund with details of the Responsible Person in their entities and to take note of the consequences of a failure to do so. verbatim112.cdr

Proof of Payment: Email Address

PLEASE NOTE that ALL Proof of Payment correspondence should be emailed to accounts@hcsbc.co.za. Many establishments have included the info@hcsbc email in their Banking Apps for proof of payment purposes.

Please kindly change the address to accounts@hcsbc.co.za.

Please also remember to include your SAL Number as a payment reference and to submit remittance advices or to contact the Credit Controller for your area concerning any specific payment allocation requests. Please make sure that allocation requests are made before or at the time payment is made to ensure the requests can be actioned.

Sick Pay Fund: Administrator: Contact Details

The contact details for the Sick Pay and Sick Benefit Funds Administrator are as follows:

Ms. Gesina Viljoen

Email: sickpayfund@hcsbc.co.za

Telephone: 0861 427 227 Ext. 7002

Please note that telephonic queries concerning the Sick Benefit Funds (Western Cape and KZN) may also be directed to:

Ms Zola Amos

Telephone: 021 419 8321

Finance & Administration:

Areas & Contact Details of the Council’s Credit Controllers & Data Capturers

Email Addresses:

Beauty Tonono beauty@hcsbc.co.za

Nomthandazo Kekana nomthandazo@hcsbc.co.za

Sonia Jacobs sonia@hcsbc.co.za

Melanie Kwan melanie@hcsbc.co.za

Thembelihle (Lihle) Mthimunye lihle@hcsbc.co.za

Zinhle Myeni zinhle@hcsbc.co.za

Please consult the Council’s WEBSITE for the contact details of Agents in your area.

For more information, contact: www.hcsbc.co.za