EWN reports that Virgin Active SA spokesperson Les Aupiais has confirmed that the company does not provide transport for staff who knock off at its gyms late in the evening.  

This was in response to a caller on Talk Radio 702 who raised her concern about workers at Virgin Active in Midrand at Vodaworld who left work after 9pm but who did not have transport.  Mpho Leseka said gym staff have to walk about three kilometres to the nearest taxi rank after work.  Aupiais commented:  "If we talk about a solution to late night transport then it [must] come from staff.  We encourage them to come up with solutions.  We can’t impose something that might not work."  He added:  “It's one of the most complex and challenging issues.  We have 140 clubs around the country.  Most of them are in high traffic areas.”  Aupiais also indicated that the company has never received any reports from staff who have been mugged and sexually abused on their way home.

• Read this report by Refilwe Pitjeng at EWN
• See too, Concern that Virgin Active putting lives of late-night shift workers at risk, at Talk Radio 702

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