After Eskom started load shedding yesterday, minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan convened a meeting with the Eskom board and management, and the three labour unions involved – the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and Solidarity.
According to a statement released by Gordhan’s office, his intention was to bring all parties to engage on the issues around the employee salary negotiations and disruption of electricity supply.
The parties agreed that the current disruptions at Eskom that resulted in load shedding are not beneficial to either party nor to the country and the economy.
The parties agreed on a process to do the following:
“The minister wishes to thank all the parties for the constructive engagement and calls on all parties to play their part in ensuring that electricity supply is restored,” the statement concludes.
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