Eskom Managers Turn To CCMA To Enforce R300M Salary Demands

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says its extremely concerned over demands by Eskom managers for a salary hike and the accompanying ‘warning’ that load shedding and strikes might be possible later this year if their demand are not met.

“Senior management should be an example when it comes to austerity measures by reviewing salaries instead of holding the country and the economy to ransom because they have not been given a salary increase,” DA MP Natasha Mazzone said in a statement.

Reports are also emerging that the senior managers have now approached the CCMA to resolve to matter.

The DA said that “should this salary hike be granted, it could cost the power utility – which is already in its worst ever financial state – up to R300 million.”