Phuti Mosomane
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it has been angered by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s decision to go ahead with the unbundling of Eskom.
This follows Gordhan’s approval – in a letter – of the sale of Eskom’s distribution assets to a new state-owned company sent to Eskom Board Chairperson Mpho Makwana.
In a statement on Sunday, NUM deputy general secretary Mpho Phakedi said the unbundling of Eskom is a precursor to the privatization of electricity in South Africa.
“The agent provocateurs of unbundling, who are the investors, rating agencies and the World Bank are celebrating this bad news against South Africans. Especially the black majority who are still living in energy poverty, joblessness, hunger and without shelter,” Phakedi said, adding that NUM met with Eskom on Thursday where the power utility announced that it was going to transfer the company’s distribution assets to a new
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