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17 Oct 2022 - by Staff reporter
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The ongoing Transnet port and rail strike over wage disputes dominated our top stories last week.

An allegation by the United National Transport Union (Untu) that Transnet was in no hurry to end the strike came out on top: https://tinyurl.com/398ezrcv

An informed perspective from a port user suggesting that the only way out was for Transnet to secure huge capital loans and increase the rates substantially across all divisions was our second most–read article: https://tinyurl.com/4pwxcdfx

Also attracting strong readership was our post about port users calling out Transnet on its assertion that the country’s ports remained fully operational despite the ongoing industrial action:  https://tinyurl.com/bddtm4f6

Fourth on our list was Transnet’s announcement that it would meet with trade unions at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in a bid to end the strike: https://tinyurl.com/5dktkx83

The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union rejection of the revised wage offer was story number five: https://tinyurl.com/4yrn9fc3, followed by a warning by a South African exporter that the strike would cripple the economy: https://tinyurl.com/mr224569

Rounding off the most-read articles was news that the multimodal Kazungula crossing was blocked up due to poor planning and a preference among cross-border transporters to divert trucks away from Beitbridge: https://tinyurl.com/2wzf4s8s

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