IPTS bus strike over wages and bonuses Zipo-zenkosi Ncokazi Politics reporter 17 December 2020 COMMUTERS STRANDED: IPTS buses only operated for half the day on Thursday due to a wage dispute by staff Image: EUGENE COETZEE IPTS staff downed tools on Thursday saying they were protesting because they had not been paid their December salaries or bonuses. Speaking on behalf of the workers, driver and Numsa shop steward, Alton Metcalfe, said management was keeping them in the dark about the payment of their December bonuses so they decided to show their dissatisfaction outside the Spectrum Alert offices in Cleary Park. Spectrum Alert runs the bus routes on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality.