Unions accept 9% hike, ending national bus strike
Updated | By ECR Newswatch
Numsa has been the last union to accept the employers' pay increase of 9%.
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Bus services across the country are set to return to normal this morning - after unions called off their strike in the bus passenger sector at the weekend.
Drivers downed tools last week calling for better pay and a review of weekend working hours - among other things.
ALSO READ: Bus strike not over for everyone: Numsa
In KZN, many commuters had to make alternative arrangements after the work stoppage affected services in Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay.
Long-distance bus company, Greyhound, said many of its travellers who'd booked trips to visit family were left stranded before the long Easter weekend after the strike put the brakes on all operations there.
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