BusinessLive reports that the Gautrain strike has ended, with operating company Bombela agreeing to give workers an 8% salary increase backdated to 15 July.  

Full Gautrain services were due to resume on Wednesday after the two-week-long strike.  In terms of the pay agreement‚ workers who earned less than R8‚500 a month would have their salaries brought up to R8‚500.  Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) general secretary Dennis George said the agreement included an incentive bonus of R5‚000‚ which would be paid in December‚ and another bonus linked to key performance areas of the company, would be paid out in July 2019.  The housing allowance would be increased from R750 to R900, while the company would continue to subsidise medical expenses.  United National transport Union (Untu) spokesperson Sonja Carstens commented:  "We are very satisfied.  This is the best we could do under the circumstances."

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