The Road Freight Association has filed for an urgent interdict amid the violent truck driver strike(SABC)
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The Road Freight Association (RFA) has filed an urgent interdict at the
A marathon meeting to try and resolve the transport strike is still underway in Sandton. It is a make or break meeting which could end the crippling action or a protract strike.
Over 20 000 drivers downed tools for better wages on Monday. The strike has been marred by violence and intimidation since then,18 trucks were set alight in
The ever escalating violence is what prompted the RFA to file an urgent interdict. Satawus is however challenging the move, saying that it is a tactic aimed at damaging the strike action.
"We are attempting to negotiate. Some of the strikers are coming into court but that does not seem to be helping," says General Secretary of Satawu, Zenzo Mahlangu.
He says that Satawu remains hopeful about the outcomes of the negotiations. The court will rule on the interdict on Monday as wage negotiations continue.
The ever escalating violence is what prompted the RFA to file an urgent interdict.
Strike's impact felt widely
The strike's impact has been felt widely. Medical suppliers have halted deliveries in
Other deliveries continued in
In the
"That strike of this nature will drive investors away and could even stop production lines so contingency plans are needed to save our economy," says CEO of Nelson Mandela Bay Business, Kevin Hustler.
Police kept a watchful eye on pickets in
