South Africa
Costs mount as Transnet strike hits ports─── 09:21 Wed, 12 Oct 2022
Mass stay-aways at the country’s major ports are seeing vessels line up outside the country’s harbours.
The backlog is worsening as wage talks to end the crippling strike at Transnet continue.
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Unions SATAWU and UNTU have not accepted a new wage increase offer of between 4 to 5 percent.
Transnet has told clients in a note that eNCA has seen that all landside operations at ports have been suspended.
The Road Freight Association says the suspension means that imported cargo is not getting onto trucks.
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Meanwhile, Satawu says Transnet must feel the pressure.
It is now calling for government intervention.
The union says the employer is not coming to the table.
