Country threatened with complete blackout
More woes for economy and South Africans in the pipeline.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s (Numsa) head of collective bargaining, Stephen Nhlapo, warned today (2 June) outside Eskom’s Megawatt Park headquarters that the union will cause a “total blackout”‘ in South Africa.
This came as Numsa members were picketing outside the power utility’s headquarters, demanding a 12 per cent across the board wage increase, R1 000 house allowance and R100 standby allowance.
Nhlapo ominously declared, “There is not going to be load-shedding. It will be total blackout.”
Although Eskom has obtained a court interdict preventing Numsa members employed at Eskom to strike on the basis of Eskom being an essential service, Numsa’s General Secretary Irvin Jim warned that they will not be deterred by Eskom “hiding behind the law”.
Jim also said that Numsa is not afraid to take unprotected action.
Numsa’s engineering and metalworkers strike saw 200 000 employees from these industries downing tools on Tuesday, a week after the platinum strike of five months had come to an end.
Experts have predicted that the new strike will have dire consequences for the country’s already crippled economy.
And the rest of the world feel sorry for people like this? Hard work with very little compensation has never killed anyone!!!
Every human flesh counts for living on this earth! Every human is hungry and hasto eat, people fight for serviving! Those who are having this strike, is strikeing for more pay yet they don’t worry about who gets hurt in their act! Is it fair to hurt others when you try and stand your ground for a better salary and get others hurt or killed in the matter when you work your fingers to the bone to get ends meat on the table or to hush and say I’m sorry my son the bread is done, you will rock to sleap soon with your hunger pains and feel sorro no more……
Can you please give us more info? When will this happen? What areas will be affected etc.