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Johannesburg - Metrorail will continue running a reduced service in Gauteng on Tuesday, a spokesperson said.
"The train service we ran today (Monday) was at approximately 32 percent, much lower than what we normally run," Nana Zenani said in a statement.
Trains would not be running fully due to a continued strike by members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union, who have rejected a 10 percent wage offer from the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).
Satawu and the United Transport and Allied Trade Union embarked on the strike, which left thousands of commuters stranded last week. Utatu accepted Prasa's offer on Thursday and its members returned to work on Friday morning.
Satawu, representing 56 percent of Prasa employees, vowed to continue striking until its 13 percent wage increase demand was
met.
Metrorail's technical operations manager Michael Nku said the company anticipated a slight improvement in Tuesday's train service
as more employees were expected to return to work.
Zenani said "isolated" cases of intimidation against non-striking employees by strikers were "registered with concern".
She urged Metrorail customers to continue using alternative transportation until the full service complement had been reached.
- Sapa
