Commuters of the Tshwane Bus Services in parts of Pretoria can expect abnormal services for two days as the metro faces a shortage of drivers.
Tshwane announced that the bus operations would be slightly impacted on Thursday and Friday as a disciplinary process unfolds.
Metro spokesperson Selby Bokaba said 31 bus drivers, who are affiliated with the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), will be appearing before the city’s disciplinary committee.
Tshwane Bus Service operations to be partially affected. @Tshwanebus2 pic.twitter.com/sjNyqVm0LK
— City of Tshwane (@CityTshwane) October 9, 2024
He said this was after they were served with charges for participating in an unprotected strike in May.
Bokaba said this effectively means that the 160 bus routes, which are normally serviced on weekdays, will have 15 fewer buses on both days.
“The shortage will see some of the routes either experiencing delays in the scheduled times or fewer buses, as some of the on-duty drivers will be diverted to the high-volume areas.”
The following 15 routes will be affected:
– Villieria 3
– Wespark 1, 7 and 8
– Voortrekkerhoogte
– The Willows
– Lynnwood Manor
– Garsfontein 2
– Centurion
– Danville
– Doornpoort 2
– East Lynne 1
– Murrayfield
– Moregloed 1
– The Orchards 2
Bokaba said the city apologises profusely to the bus commuters who will be adversely affected by the slight disruption and advises them to make alternative travel arrangements.
“Further developments will be communicated in due course.”
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