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  • The Bellville bus terminus in Cape Town. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/EWN

    Commuters bear the brunt as bus strike gets underway

    Many Cape Town commuters who rely on the Golden Arrow Bus Service are understandably upset about the strike.

    1100 days ago
  • Commuters at a bus terminal in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town queue for taxis due to a bus strike on 18 April 2018. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Taxi drivers hope to score as bus strike kicks in

    Taxis have now taken over the routes, with several commuters seen now jumping into taxis as alternative transport.

    1100 days ago
  • FILE: Rea Vaya bus is seen in Johannesburg CBD. Picture: Facebook.com

    #BusStrike: Who is operating and who isn't

    Transport unions and employers on Tuesday night failed to break a deadlock during the wage negotiations, resulting in the mass driver action.

    1100 days ago
  • Picture: Facebook.

    Numsa calls on members to join nationwide bus strike

    The union has accused employers of frustrating wage talks which have now deadlocked.

    1100 days ago
  • FILE; Passengers at Park Station were unaware of a bus driver strike on 13 April 2017. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN.

    Bus commuters urged to find alternative transport ahead of nationwide strike

    Unions have already given notice to strike to the South African Bargaining Council following a deadlock in wage negotiations.

    1100 days ago
  • Picture: City of Cape Town.

    Nationwide bus strike to take place on Wednesday

    Unions have given notice of a strike to the South African Road Passengers Bargaining Council following a deadlock in wage negotiations.

    1101 days ago
  • FILE: Golden Arrow buses parked at the terminus in the Cape Town CBD. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    National bus strike looms this week

    Workers in the sector could hang up their keys from later this week after wage talks deadlocked.

    1102 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: @Netcare911_SA.

    ‘Bus strike contributed to Easter road deaths’

    Statistics released by the Transport Department on Friday show that the total number of fatalities increased by 51%.

    1461 days ago
  • FILE: Golden Arrow bus. Picture: Facebook.

    Bus services across SA ‘to return to normal‘

    Bus services across the country could return to normal on Saturday after some trade unions reached a wage agreement with bus companies.

    1468 days ago
  • Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    ‘We say the bus strike continues’

    Numsa has rejected the bus sector wage deal, but the labour minister said the bargaining council deal is collectively binding.

    1468 days ago
  • FILE: Striking workers hold placards as they demonstrate on the first day of a nationwide strike on 1 July, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Numsa, Taswu still holding out on bus driver wage deal

    Most striking unions and the bus companies have settled on a 9% increase over a one-year period, and a 1.5% hike for overtime.

    1468 days ago
  • FILE: Bus commuters queuing to secure tickets at Park Station on the eve of the Easter long weekend. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    Autopax, unions reach agreement over wage dispute

    Thousands of commuters were left stranded around the country when wage talks deadlocked earlier this week.

    1468 days ago
  • FILE: Passengers at Park Station were unaware of a bus driver strike on 13 April 2017. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN.

    Commuters disappointed as bus strike disrupts Easter plans

    Commuters who have been left stranded by the national bus strike say they’re disappointed that their plans for the Easter long weekend have been disrupted.

    1469 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant. Picture: GCIS.

    Labour Minister Oliphant to meet unions, bus companies

    Mildred Oliphant steps in to intervene after the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union reached out for assistance.

    1469 days ago
  • Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant. Picture: GCIS.

    Labour Minister intervenes in bus strike

    Talks between unions and associations deadlocked when labour rejected a 9% across the board increase. They are sticking to their demand of 12%.

    1469 days ago
  • Bus commuters queuing to secure tickets at Park Station on the eve of the Easter long weekend. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    Stranded Park Station commuters opt for taxis

    Some commuters have criticised the timing of the bus driver strike, saying it has prevented them from spending Easter with their loved ones.

    1469 days ago
  • Commuters at the Johannesburg Park Station. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN

    Stranded commuters scramble to make alternative travel plans

    Numsa and Satawu have made it clear that the bus driver strike will continue until employers settle on a double-digit salary increase.

    1470 days ago
  • Cape Town bus terminus. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Taxi drivers coining it following bus strike

    There were long queues of frustrated commuters at the Bellville taxi rank earlier on Wednesday.

    1470 days ago
  • Bus drivers picketing at the bus depot in Salvokop, Pretoria. Mia Lindeque/EWN.

    Jhb taxi operators struggle to cope with stranded commuters

    A nationwide strike by bus drivers has left thousands of commuters stranded.

    1470 days ago
  • An empty bus terminus is pictured in the Cape Town CBD amid a bus driver strike. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN.

    SACCI: Commuters might carry unaffordable wage hike

    The Chamber's CEO Alan Mukoki says if the companies can't find the savings to pay for the increases it will have a ripple effect.

    1470 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: facebook.com

    No end in sight for national bus strike

    Bus companies have expressed concern over the demonstrations affecting their services even during the Easter long weekend.

    1470 days ago
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