Protesting Putco Bus employees had until close of business yesterday to explain why they should not be fired and return to work, or face dismissal. About a thousand workers belonging to the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) have been on an unprotected strike for the past week, demanding back pay for a wage dispute dating back to 2020. Police fired rubber bullets to quell tensions outside a Putco depot in Johannesburg where a group of the workers had gathered to protest. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to SATAWU National Convenor Alfred Buboko