Johnathan Paoli
THE Bombela Operating Company (BOC) which is in charge of Gautrain services, has announced that services are not expected to be disrupted by the planned National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) strike.
This follows the announcement by the union on Sunday that a 48-hour notice to strike had been handed over to the BOC, with NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola saying the strike will begin on Monday at six in the morning.
Hlubi-Majola said the union was warning commuters that the services may be interrupted as a result of the strike, and apologised for the inconvenience adding that the union had been forced into taking this drastic course of action due to a breakdown in negotiations between the union and Gautrain management.
“Wage talks began on 17 April and we have had two rounds of talks. Our last meeting was on 11 June which is when we
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