Amabhasi eGreyhound kanye neCitiliner azobuyela emigwaqeni ngaphambi kwePhasika
La mabhasi amabili avalwa ngoFebhuwari 2021 ngenxa yeCovid-19
Amabhasi akwaGreyhound kanye neCitiliner, ayeke ukusebenza ngoFebhuwari 2021 ngenxa yeCovid-19, azobuyela emigwaqeni ngo-Ephreli 13 ngaphambi kwePhasika ngemva kokwethulwa kabusha kwale nkampani eBoksburg, empumalanga yeGoli ngoLwesithathu.
Osebenza ngabaqeqeshi bakanokusho, uGreyhound kanye noCitiliner, ingxenye ye-semi-luxury Division yaseGreyhound, bafakwe endalini ngowayengumnikazi we-KAP Industrial ngemuva kokusebenza ngokulahlekelwa iminyaka eminingana, okuholele ekulahlekelweni kwemisebenzi abantu abangaba ngu-4,000.
Izinkinga zezimali zolayini bamabhasi zaba zimbi kakhulu ngenxa yokuncipha kokuhamba ngenxa yemikhawulo ye-Covid-19, ukuvalwa kwemingcele neMozambique neZimbabwe kanye nokuvinjelwa kwezinombolo zokuhlala kwamabhasi.
Umkhakha wamabhasi uqashe abantu ababalelwa ku-35,000 kanti ungenisa u-R5bn ngonyaka emnothweni.
Ekhuluma emcimbini wokwethulwa kabusha, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha uSindisiwe Chikunga uthe “kube iphilisi elibabayo ukuligwinya” ngesikhathi iGreyhound, eyasungulwa ngo-1984, iyeka ukusebenza ngonyaka odlule. “Besingeke sicabange imigwaqo yethu ngaphandle kweGreyhound,” kusho yena.
“Siyakwamukela ukubuya kwalolu chungechunge lwabaqeqeshi. Ezokuthutha zihlonzwe ngesimemezelo senqubomgomo yezomnotho njengezibalulekile, ziwumgogodla wokukhula komnotho waseNingizimu Afrika kanye nentuthuko yezenhlalakahle.”
Izinsizakalo zamabhasi e-intercity zaziba indlela yezokuthutha ekhula ngokushesha ngenxa yamanani ancintisanayo.
Ngokunwetshwa kwemikhawulo yokuvalwa kanye nokuphela kwesimo senhlekelele kazwelonke, izinsiza zamabhasi ahamba phakathi kwamadolobha zazilulama kancane kancane futhi ukwethulwa kabusha kwakuqinisekisa lokho.
Nokho, ukwenyuka kwezindleko zikaphethiloli, abasebenzi kanye nokugcinwa kwezimoto, phakathi kokunye, kungaphoqa abaqhubi ukuthi banciphise izindleko zokulawula.
“Lezi zinqamuleli zinemiphumela emibi kakhulu mayelana nezokuphepha emgwaqeni,” kusho uChikunga, enxusa abashayeli ukuthi bahambisane nemithetho.
Ukwethulwa kabusha kolayini bamabhasi iGreyhound kanye neCitiliner kuzoba nomthelela ekukhuleni komkhakha wezokuvakasha, ohlanganisa cishe u-8.6% we-GDP futhi usekele imisebenzi engaba yizigidi ezingu-1.5.
Siyazi ngokwenyuka kwentengo kaphethiloli ngendlela engaqondakali, ngeke sikuvumele lokho kusivimbele ekunikezeni abantu izinto zokuhamba ezingabizi kakhulu neziwubukhazikhazi.
Okhulumela iGreyhound uLeslie Matthews
Okhulumela iGreyhound uLeslie Matthews utshele iBusiness Day ukuthi amathuba omsebenzi “angaphezu kuka-200, ngokushesha”.
“Abanikazi abasha yinkampani ezimele yokutshala imali, i-LEvel 1 BEE, ephethwe yi-family trust. Bafuna ukuba ngemuva. Akubona abantu abazidlayo, engicabanga ukuthi kuyaqabula eNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uMatthews.
