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The Citizen reports that the City of Tshwane is determined to bring criminal charges against the striking bus drivers responsible for the gridlock in the city centre on Monday.
The CBD was plunged into chaos after municipal workers blocked roads with buses belonging to the Tshwane Bus Services. SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) regional secretary Mpho Tladinyane confirmed its members were protesting about wages and said: “It’s not only municipal bus drivers that are on strike, but general workers affiliated to Samwu are also demanding an 18% increase. We have spoken to the senior managers about the increase, but it seems that there’s no way forward.” He said the union would continue with the protest “and bring the city to a standstill”, but denied the union had known the buses would be used in a blockade. Roads and transport mayoral committee member Sheila Senkubuge said although the city respected the rights of workers to protest, it did not condone the “theft and abandonment of municipal property”, nor the use of said property to inconvenience other road users in the city. She said: “We now have a list of all the drivers who stole buses and abandoned the vehicles on the roads. We will be laying criminal charges against them and there will also be disciplinary action taken against them. There is a strong possibility they will lose their jobs.”
- Read the full original of the above report by Chisom Jenniffer Okoye at The Citizen
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