South Africa's Three-Week Bus Strike Over

Bus companies have announced that services will resume immediately after drivers ended a three-week long strike over wages, Fin24 reports. Unions representing striking drivers say they have agreed to a 9% wage hike for the first year and 8% for the second year. South African Transport and Allied Workers Union spokesperson Zanele Sabela says that basic pay will be backdated to April 1, the date of the beginning of the strike.

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Khayelitsha commuters wait for taxis during the bus strike.

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