World Cup football fans guaranteed shuttle-bus service between city and stadium

Football fans in Johannesburg for the World Cup have been told they will be guaranteed transport between the stadium and the city centre. Bus drivers have called off a wildcat strike that stranded hundreds of fans after the Netherlands-Denmark match. 

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"The buses are running normally," said Lisa Seftel, the city's transport boss. "We reached an agreement with them last night."

She explained that drivers walked out after they were required to work longer hours without extra pay to accomodate additional services for the World Cup.

Up to 1,000 fans were stranded at Soccer City stadium after the Dutch beat Denmark 2-0. They were eventually given free train rides back into the city or had other buses sent to bring them back.

Transport and labour disputes have proved the biggest headaches of the World Cup, with traffic jams before every major match and the new public transport services struggling to meet demand.

Police fired rubber bullets at hundreds of stewards from Durban's stadium after Sunday's match between Germany and Australia to break up a protest over wages.

Stewards in Cape Town, employed by the same company, walked off the job Monday ahead of the Italy-Paraguay game, forcing police to step in to handle security at the gates.