ANA reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) on Monday threatened to take the Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which runs the Gautrain, to the Constitutional Court for allegedly refusing to disclose its financial statements.  

This was after the two-week strike by Gautrain workers ended on Monday with a majority of workers accepting a one-year wage offer of an 8% salary hike.  Dennis George, general secretary of Fedusa, said that it was "constitutionally unfair" for Bombela to not disclose its financials during wage negotiations for unions to see how much was being made by the Gautrain and make necessary demands.  He claimed Bombela was being disingenuous for arguing that it was prevented from releasing its financials by the agreements it had with financial institutions and other social partners.  George explained his position thus:  "So if a company is bargaining in bad faith, where they don't want to give us the audited financial statements, that puts a hand behind our back and ties us down.  So we don't know exactly how much profits are being made.  That is the reason why we are prepared to take it to the Constitutional Court because it is critical for us to respect the rights of workers."  Gautrain spokesperson Kesagee Nayager said that Bombela had no obligation to make its financial statement public as it was a private company.

• Read this report by Siphelele Dludla in full at IOL News
• Read too, Fedusa will go to court to get Gautrain financials, at Timeslive

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