The metro approached the Labour Court in Braamfontein on an urgent basis over the unlawful strike by staff affiliated with the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu).
Four city-owned vehicles were torched, and several buses were pelted with stones in the Pretoria CBD on Wednesday allegedly by striking municipal workers, who were continuing to demand that the metro increase wages by 5.4%.
City of Tshwane municipal employees have been striking over a 5.4% wage increase dispute for seven weeks, but the city remained adamant that the hike was unaffordable.