Engineering News reports that the staff of Golden Arrow Bus Services around the country will go on strike later this week after industry wage negotiations deadlocked, as a result of which the company will institute a company-wide lock-out.  

This will be in order to ensure the safety of passengers and staff for the duration of the strike.  The MyCiTi bus service in Cape Town will be suspended for the same reason.  Golden Arrow said that its decision was not one which was taken lightly, but that it remained hopeful that all parties would return to the bargaining table at the SA Road Passenger Bargaining Council.  In Cape Town, there will be no MyCiTi trunk or feeder services available as from Wednesday morning, for as long as the strike and lock-out continued, transport mayoral committee member Brett Herron indicated.  "We regret the inconvenience caused and the additional pressure it places on commuters to make alternative travel arrangements," he said on Monday.

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