Hundreds of members from Cosatu and the civil society #UniteBehind led a march in the Cape Town CBD yesterday in protest against what it called “the transport collapse in Cape Town”.
The unionists were calling for an improvement in the province’s public transport system, and raised issues regarding challenges in the public transport sector, reports the Cape Argus.
Cosatu’s Malvern de Bruyn said: “The current situation with Metrorail is a terrible burden to workers and something must be done.”
“It is a protected strike and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has granted Cosatu a Section 77 certificate to proceed with the strike.”
#UniteBehind organiser Zukiswa Vuka said the rail network had deteriorated, trains were overcrowded and unsafe and workers were bearing the brunt of the system’s dysfunction.
