By Levy Masiteng
The National Union of Mineworkers has come out swinging against Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s proposal to privatise parts of Eskom’s infrastructure.
The NUM rejected Ramokgopa’s claim that privatisation would boost generation capacity, calling it a “dangerous and misguided justification”.
Khangela Baloyi, who is the union’s energy sector coordinator, said the NUM viewed any attempt to privatise Eskom infrastructure as a direct attack on the public interest and a betrayal of the South African people.
“We will resist this plan with all available means and challenge those who act as lapdogs of private capital,” he said in a statement.
This rejection follows Ramokgopa announcing a detailed strategy to stabilise the country’s fragile grid and drive economic growth.
“The R440 billion project, spanning a decade, will introduce independent transmission providers to procure and build 14,000 kilometres of power lines and hundreds of transformers,” the minister said in his presentation.
However, Baloyi said the
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