Page 3 - Transnet Strike News Today

Unions have rejected Transnet's new wage offer of 4.5% increase across the board, arguing it is not related to inflation.

Three government ministers have stepped in to try to end the strike at Transnet.

Labour unions - Satawu and Untu - want double-digit increases while the state entity, Transnet, has refused to budge from its offer of up to 5%.

Workers at the state-owned freight utility have been striking since last week, demanding wage increases of between 12% and 13.5%.

An agreement was reached on the picketing sites but there has been no progress on wage increases.

The weeklong industrial action is already showing a knock-on effect in the transporting of goods across the country and abroad.

Mass stay-aways at the country’s major ports are seeing vessels line up outside the country’s harbours.

The strike at Transnet has left large cargo waiting at terminals and goods stuck in vessels at port, hampering the supply ahead of the festive season.

Truck drivers spending nights sleeping in their vehicles say cargo coming to the City Deep port, the biggest Transnet terminal inland, has declined.

Today's Midday Report Express comprises of the second episode of Politricking with Tshidi Madia, where she got an exclusive from Paul Mashatile and so much more.