By Charmaine Ndlela
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members marched in central Johannesburg on Saturday against Eskom’s restructuring, rising electricity prices and growing threats to jobs in energy, mining and industry.
The march, led by NUM General Secretary Mpho Phakedi, moved from Newtown to the Gauteng Premier’s Office, where the union handed over a memorandum of demands.
NUM’s North East region held a parallel march in Polokwane under Deputy General Secretary Phillip Mankge.
The union said it wants urgent government intervention on electricity reform, labour law enforcement, instability in key industries, and the cost-of-living squeeze on workers and households.
NUM opposes Eskom’s unbundling, saying that it opens the way for privatisation.
Eskom, however, says its revised restructuring plan is aimed at improving efficiency, competition and policy certainty.
The National Transmission Company South Africa has already been legally separated, while Eskom’s approved future structure envisages a holding company with separate generation
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