Work resumed on Cape Town’s 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium in Green Point on Thursday after a week-long strike.
”Work resumed this morning. It’s been a normal working day and we are very pleased,” deputy project director Ray Gamble told the South African Press Association.
He declined to comment further on the stoppage that has cost contractors Murray & Roberts and WBHO five days’ work after a dispute over travel allowances and transport to and from the site led to 1 200 workers downing tools on September 19.
An agreement was eventually struck on Wednesday this week between the contractors and the Building Construction and Allied Workers’ Union, representing the workers.
Earlier this week, City of Cape Town officials said it was unlikely the strike would set back the completion date for the 68 000-seater stadium. — Sapa