UTATU United Transport and Allied Trade Union

A South African transport union has reached a deal over wages with logistics group Transnet, which if accepted by members will end a strike that paralysed rail and port traffic, an official said on Wednesday.

"We've been sitting right through the night. There is a settlement agreement that we are going to take to our members. The details of that I cannot disclose at this stage," George Strauss, president of the United Transport and Allied Trade Union (Utatu) told Reuters.

Utatu is the biggest union at Transnet.

He said the strike, which dented exports of metals, fruit and wine to Europe and Asia and hit imports of automotive parts and supplies of fuel, will continue until the workers agree to the deal. Two-thirds of Transnet's workforce have been on strike since Monday last week.

He also said a separate settlement had been reached to end a strike at Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa), which left millions of commuters stranded this week.
•  Reporting by Agnieszka Flak