SowetanLive reports that Translux and City to City employees were on Thursday finally paid the outstanding half of their January salaries.  

This came after the company, which could only afford to pay half of their salaries, had failed to honour its promise of ensuring that the outstanding salaries were paid by Wednesday.  Autopax, which owns the two bus companies, had kept its 1,070 employees on tenterhooks after failing to honour promises made on Monday by its management.  It was only on Thursday morning that the promise to settle the other 50% was met, workers indicated.  Autopax, a subsidiary of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), is experiencing financial difficulties that have resulted in it struggling to maintain its buses and pay salaries.  Zanele Sabela, spokesperson of the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu), which represents some of the affected employees, said:  "We are pleased Autopax workers received the balance of their salaries this morning.  We look forward to engaging management on how they intend to turn around the organisation so as to avoid a recurrence."

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Isaac Mahlangu at SowetanLive

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