Fuel strike impacts public transport
Johannesburg Metrobus has warned commuters that the strike in the petro-chemical industry could impact on the bus service.
The company's Esther Dreyer says fuel supply problems impacted the service for the first time this morning.
"This morning we were able to operate 90 percent of our service. Out of about a fleet of 400 buses there were only 20 that did not operate. We hope that there will soon be an end to the fuel crisis and then things can normalise," Dreyer said.
Meanwhile, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has pleaded with role players in the petro-chemical industry to do what is needed to end the strike by members of the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union.
Sacci CEO, Alan Mukoki says most businesses rely on transport and therefore fuel.
"Most businesses, if not all, depend on transportation - either of goods or of people. So, you start having labour related issues in a sector that is so critical to the general economy, it is going to have a cascading effect," Mukoki said.