Bus strike leaves stranded commuters worrying about getting to work on time
Thousands of commuters have been left stranded as bus drivers went on strike on Wednesday. Hundreds of commuters queued at the Bara Taxi Rank in Soweto as Putco and Rea Vaya services were affected. The Johannesburg Metrobus service was running as normal‚ but few commuters were seen on some buses early on Wednesday morning. At the bus depot in Ghandi Square in the Johannesburg city centre‚ many bus commuters said they were unaware of the strike. Stranded commuters in and around Pretoria had to flag down anything on wheels and stand in long queues to get to work. In Atteridgeville‚ west of Pretoria‚ some people had to wake up earlier than usual to allow for enough time to get to work. Julia Ntuli‚ a cashier in Sunnyside‚ had to wake up at 4am instead of her normal time of 5am to get to work by 7am but still did not make it on time. "When I heard the advice to get alternative transport last night‚ I had to prepare myself to start my day earlier so that I had enough time to find transpo...
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