{"id":72678,"date":"2022-10-13T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=72678"},"modified":"2022-10-13T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:04:22","slug":"grave-concern-over-the-impact-of-the-transnet-strike-on-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/grave-concern-over-the-impact-of-the-transnet-strike-on-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Grave concern over the impact of the Transnet strike on economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Neelam Rahim<\/em> | <a href=\"mailto:neelam@radioislam.co.za\">neelam@radioislam.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 min read | 14:04 pm CAT<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"72679\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/grave-concern-over-the-impact-of-the-transnet-strike-on-economy\/z8dis2m7vkcfmujcpvfl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/z8dis2m7vkcfmujcpvfl.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"z8dis2m7vkcfmujcpvfl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/z8dis2m7vkcfmujcpvfl.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/z8dis2m7vkcfmujcpvfl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Africa is at risk of an economic collapse as a strike at Transnet hits ports with billions of rand on the line. Two unions, Satawu and UNTU, who represent over 30-thousand employees, officially downed tools on Monday over a wage dispute. Transnet has maintained that its port terminals have not reached a standstill. Still, logistics businesses have warned that there may be a catastrophic economic fallout if operations at the state-owned logistics giant&#8217;s ports in Durban and Cape Town face prolonged suspension.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Highlighting their concern in discussion with <em>Radio Islam International<\/em>, Business Unity South Africa CEO Cas Coovadia analysed the current strike as having severe implications for businesses and the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raw materials, plants and machinery needed for imported manufacturing cannot reach the ports in time. This impacts manufacturing capability and could further negatively impact jobs if continued for much longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From an export point of view, Coovadia said the agricultural sector would take a severe knock as citrus fruits and others are also exported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Activity has decreased substantially, and some port parts are at a standstill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Coovadia advises that Unions should consider a more responsible way of conducting actions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen below to the interview with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat and Cas Coovadia on <em>Radio Islam&#8217;s<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grave concern over the impact of the Transnet strike on economy by Radio Islam International\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1362217183&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1080\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 14:04 pm CAT South Africa is at risk of an economic collapse as a strike at Transnet hits ports with billions of rand on the line. Two unions, Satawu and UNTU, who represent over 30-thousand employees, officially downed tools on Monday over a wage dispute. Transnet has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,31,4995],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-podcasts","category-south-africa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-iUe","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 00:32:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}