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South African bus companies have announced that services have resumed following a three-week-long strike over wages.
The South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council confirmed that an agreement had been reached late Monday (May 14). All unions involved have agreed to a 9% wage increase in the first year and an 8% increase is to be implemented from April 2019. In addition, there will be allowances, including nightshift and subsistence over both years.
“Employers finally agreed to backdate the offer for it to be implemented on April 1. This was a sticking point which initially prevented us from ending the strike on Friday. After much lobbying, we finally convinced the employers to backdate the implementation of the offer‚” the unions said in a joint statement on Monday (May 14).
Citiliner and Greyhound said in a statement that services had resumed late Monday and all routes would be fully operational from Wednesday (May 16).
Gautrain confirmed that services were up and running from Tuesday afternoon (May 15) and the City of Cape Town informed all bus users that the MyCiTi service would operate again from Tuesday (May 15).
The City of Cape Town said users should expect some initial delays on their routes. However, it expected most of the buses to comply with the normal time schedules on the majority of the routes during the latter part of Tuesday.
Source: tourismupdate.co.za
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