ANA reports that Cosatu said in a statement on Thursday that bus companies should reimburse commuters stranded without transport as a result of the ongoing bus strike.  

“These passengers will now be left stranded because of the nationwide strike in the passenger bus sector.  Many people who use public transport bought tickets for this week and for the Easter holidays, and were not told that there was a possibility that there would not be transport services because of the strike,” the labour federation indicated.  It went on to add:  “The bus companies should not have accepted payment for tickets because they had no reasonable intention of supplying services, and this was foreseeable as they were engaged in tense wage negotiations.”  Cosatu also called on the department of transport to intervene.  The strike, which entered its second day on Thursday, has left commuters, especially long distance travellers, stranded across the country on the eve of the Easter holidays.

Read this report in full at The Citizen

Read Cosatu’s press statement at Cosatu Today

See too, Commuters frustrated as national bus strike remains unresolved, at News24

And also, Commuters seek lifts on Facebook as bus strike threatens Easter plans, at TimesLive

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