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In the lead-up to Wednesday’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) meeting, trade unions hope to hear what alternatives KAP Industrial Holdings considered before announcing the closure of Greyhound, Magic Transfers and Mega Bus – a move that would leave hundreds of workers unemployed. This comes after the bus operator announced on 3 February that it would be discontinuing its services with effect from Sunday, 14 February.  On Monday, the Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union (Detawu) met Greyhound management at the first CCMA-facilitated Secti...

Unitrans serves Numsa with retrenchment notice Updated Jacaranda FM Share this: Unitrans Passengers, which owns Greyhound, Magic Transfers and Megabus has served the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) with a section 189 notice. greyhound.co.za Greyhound announced yesterday that it’s the end of the road for its bus service, as well as those of its subsidiary, Citiliner.     NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says Unitrans Passenger only informed the union on Tuesday about the decision and that it anticipates a total closure from 15 February 2021.     “Un...

693 jobs to be affected by Greyhound and other bus closures in South Africa: union Subscribe The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says that it has received a section 189 notice from Greyhound operator, Unitrans Passenger, stating the company plans to close its business. In its notice, Unitrans said that its business was negatively affected by South Africa’s Covid-19 travel restrictions, and that the company dealt with ‘extremely difficult conditions’ which has impacted its trading performance. It also indicated that it does not see sustainable revenue in the forese...

TimesLive Just five days ago, coach service Greyhound was punting its Valentine’s Day journeys on its website. But by Wednesday, the company announced that those romantic cross-country bus rides are to be the brand’s last. “Declining passenger numbers and poor regulatory compliance in the bus passenger industry has resulted in both our brands – Greyhound and Citiliner – incurring significant losses for several years,” said Unitrans Passenger in a statement on Wednesday evening. “The impact of Covid-19 regulations limiting inter-provincial travel and coach occupancy levels, and t...

MONEYWEB app instead? Greyhound closure could see 700 job losses KAP Industrial’s Unitrans Passenger subsidiary faces a showdown with unions over the plan to shut the luxury coach operator down. 14:14  Open: Greyhound, which has been in business since 1984, confirmed on Wednesday that its operations will cease by Valentine’s Day due to Covid-19's impact. Image: Greyhound website Up to 700 jobs are on the line from the planned closure of popular inter-city bus service Greyhound, unions warned on Wednesday. However, National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) secretary general ...