Rea vaya
'I'm not happy': Mbalula inspects Rea Vaya’s COVID-19 safety measures
The minister conducted an inspection in Dobsonville on Thursday morning where stations and buses have to be disinfected regularly under lockdown stage 4.
It’s understood community members damaged the Bosmont bus station during a service delivery protest on Sunday.
Protests against gangsterism entered the second day on Monday with residents calling on the army to intervene.
Drivers under the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) embarked on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, leaving scores of commuters stranded.
Transport unions and employers on Tuesday night failed to break a deadlock during the wage negotiations, resulting in the mass driver action.
Unions have already given notice to strike to the South African Bargaining Council following a deadlock in wage negotiations.
It's believed the demonstrations were linked to the debate on the motion of no confidence in the president.
Residents took to the streets on Tuesday morning and caused heavy traffic delays.
The City of Johannesburg says the increase in Rea Vaya and Metrobus fare are in line with the consumer price index and other market-related prices.
The City of Joburg’s mayoral committee on transport has approved a 6% fare increase for Rea Vaya and a 6.2 % hike for Metrobus for the 2017-2018 financial year.
Last week, bus services from companies including Putco and Autopax were non-operational after workers went on strike, demanding a double-digit wage hike.
The strike came to an end after three unions agreed on a 9% salary hike on Friday while Numsa only accepted the agreement on Saturday.
Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi says over 500,000 bus commuters will on Wednesday have to find alternative means of transport because of the national bus strike.
Rea Vaya says their busses could be delayed by Black Friday protests happening in the inner City.
EWN’s Aki Anastasiou checks out Johannesburg’s public transport options and finds out how commuters feel about the services available to them.
Phase 1-B of the Rea Vaya project was launched this week & 317 taxis were taken off the Soweto/JHB routes.
The bus service is the second public transport system to announce a fee change this week.
Last month the company dismissed most of its drivers following an illegal strike.
Samwu says there has been a dispute with Piotrans over salary for two years now.