NUM highveld region worried about continued roll-out of Stage 6 load-shedding by Eskom

THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) highveld region says it is greatly concerned and worried about the continued roll-out of Stage 6 load-shedding by the power utility, Eskom.

The NUM highveld region is situated in Mpumalanga where there are majority of Eskom power stations, and “the ongoing roll-out of load-shedding is unsustainable for the economies of most local communities, of which that might result in the increase of unemployment and poverty.”

The power stations in the region such as Kendal, Matla and Tutuka are currently not operating in full capacity, meaning that load-shedding will continue to be unavoidable.

The country has witnessed more than 200 days of power cuts in 2022, the most in a calendar year, and the situation could get even worse in 2023. 

“The NUM feels that we could have avoided much of this debilitating load-shedding if government had moved with greater speed to implement the commitments