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Wage negotiations between the parties stalled, prompting workers to put down tools this week.
FILE: A Gautrain security officer is seen standing outside the train at Hatfield station in Pretoria. Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG – Gautrain has announced a limited service for Sunday between 9 am and 6 pm.
Operations came to a halt on Saturday due to a strike by workers affiliated with Numsa over a wage dispute.
With no end in sight to the strike, Gautrain said some of his trains will be back on line Sunday.
Spokesperson Kesagee Nayager said: “This limited service will operate between 9 am and 6 pm. Trains will be available every hour. Please note that the Pretoria, Hatfield, Sandton, Park and OR Tambo stations will be open, and these stations will be open from 8:45 am to 6 pm ”.
Earlier, Gauteng Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo was called upon to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and Gautrain to find common ground to end the indefinite workers’ strike.
Wage negotiations between the parties stalled, prompting workers to put down tools this week.
The move has led to major disruptions to Gauteng’s train services and customers were notified that all services will stop this weekend.
Union-affiliated workers have been on strike without work or pay since Monday demanding an 8% wage increase.
But Gautrain’s operator, Bombela, is only offering a 4% increase, saying it is battling financial difficulties caused by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mamabolo said that the prolonged strike will have dire consequences for travelers and their livelihoods: “We are deeply concerned that there is a strike and that travelers are definitely affected. To that extent, I have ordered the government entity that is responsible for Gautrain that they must involve the parties to ensure that the strike is resolved and resolved immediately ”.
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