National bus strike
Bus services expected to resume on Tuesday
Satawu's Zanele Sabela has confirmed all agreements have been signed and the strike is over.
Last week, all five unions agreed to a 9% wage increase in the first year and 8% in the second.
Unions and employers have not yet been able to agree on the back pay of employees for April when the strike began.
On the table sits an agreeable offer for unions at 9% for the frist year, 8% for the second year and all other issues have been handed to a task team.
This is despite an agreement on the offer on the table. The sticking point is workers' demand for backpay from 1 April.
Satawu spokesperson Zanele Sabela says unions met with employers on Thursday and a new offer was on the table.
Unions have made a counter-demand of a 9% wage increase for the first year and 8% in 2019.
On Tuesday, the labour caucus came up with a counter-offer to end the four week-long bus strike.
The strike over pay and other employee conditions began more than three weeks ago, leaving thousands of commuters stranded nationwide.
The bus strike has entered its fourth week, forcing millions of commuters to find alternative transport and spending large sums of money.
Bus commuters will wait with bated breath to hear if striking drivers will accept the revised offer.
Transport unions shared this sentiment as they mull over a new wage offer of 8.75% for the first year and 8.25% for the second.
Transport union Satawu says that unions and employers are currently discussing a new offer.
Workers have been on strike for nearly a month, demanding a 9% wage hike.
Satawu, Numsa, Tirisano, Tawusa and Towa say they will meet on Friday to finalise the details of the protests in various parts of the country.
Satawu's Zanele Sabela says that employers are negotiating in bad faith.
Satawu's Zanele Sabela says the employers are negotiating in bad faith.
Bus employers say they are still open to negotiations in a bid to end the industrial action.
This comes as bus employers say they are still open to negotiations with unions in a bid to end the nationwide strike that's now in the third week.