PHUTI MOSOMANE
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) convened an Energy Summit and called for the government to ensure a Just Energy Transition while discussing measures to end load shedding.
The two-day Summit, on 20 and 21 June included its affiliated, relevant Ministers, the Presidential Climate Commission, and Alliance Partners, the ANC and the SACP.
The summit came as a result of a decision taken at Cosatu’s 14th National Congress to
convene an energy summit, to among others, discuss measures to practically support the Energy Action Plan to end load-shedding, address criminality in and around Ekom, improve the performance of power stations and to identify interventions to protect and create jobs.
“It is critical that the Energy Transition does not send workers to the unemployment queue or condemn communities, in particular in Mpumalanga, to poverty, despair or hopelessness,” Cosatu Head of Policy Lebogang Mulaisi said.
Mulaisi said the
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