Transnet workers have gathered outside Durban port entrance 3 on the Victoria Embankment as they enter the fifth day of their strike.
Sandile Ndlovu
Members of the United National Transport Union and South African Transport and Allied Workers Union began picketing last Thursday and on Monday respectively over wage agreements. “Our motorcade will respect the rules of the road because we’re law-abiding citizens. We will be travelling below 60km/h all the way through, and metro police are here to help us with traffic control. We don’t know how long it will take us to get there. It might be hours,” said a leader who wanted his name withheld.
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