PHUTI MOSOMANE
DURING Thursday’s proceedings in the North Gauteng High Court, it was argued that the government’s implementation of load shedding constituted a violation of fundamental human rights.
Since Monday, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has appeared before the court together with several other applicants, including the Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (HAITU), UDM, SAFTU and other applicants, in an effort to force government to stop loadshedding.
NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim said it is ironic that during Human Rights Month the trade union federation is compelled to take government to court for its daily violation of human rights, caused by loadshedding crisis.
“This is a government led by the ANC which was part of the liberation movement, whose current leadership are the very same people who fought for the same rights under Apartheid. However, now that they are in power, they have betrayed
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