Four park-and-ride schemes were in place and although three appeared to proceed without any problems, the situation at WitsUniversity was not the same.
Professor Ron Clarke of WitsUniversity in South Africa recently took CNN deep inside the Sterkfontein Cave at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site to expose one more example.
"This is the first time a substantial body of workers is splitting away" from the ANC's union, said Devan Pillay, a labor-relations professor at WitsUniversity.