TimesLIVE reports that Tshwane Bus Service (TBS) and A Re Yeng will resume bus operations from Monday after disruption due to an unprotected strike by Tshwane workers.

The strike left the city in disarray when workers downed tools in July to force the city to implement salary increases in terms of SA Local Government Bargaining Council agreement. According to the city, it could not afford the R600m addition to the wage bill because of a shortage in revenue collection. MMC for roads and transport Katlego Mathebe said bus operations would commence alongside “the deployment of police and technology” in the CBD and other parts of the city. She said that to ensure the safety of commuters, bus drivers and the city’s transport infrastructure, the city, along with the security cluster, had put in place measures to oversee the efficient running of bus operations. Mathebe made it clear that anyone engaging in any acts of violence, threats or intimidation against those performing their duties would be in contempt of a court order. A Re Yeng bus operations were suspended after its buses were pelted with stones in the Pretoria CBD last Tuesday.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Shonisani Tshikalange at TimesLIVE

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