The union has again expressed its displeasure at the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address on Thursday that a Minister of Electricity will be appointed.
The union’s General Secretary Irvin Jim told union members at a special congress in Bloemfontein that Eskom should be placed under the Department of Minerals Resources which falls under Minister Gwede Mantashe. Jim says on March 20, their legal challenge against government’s intention to declare a national state of emergency over the energy crisis will be heard in the High Court in Johannesburg.
Jim says they have filed papers with the court as there’s no basis to declare a state of disaster due to the ongoing power cuts. In the video below, Jim explains in detail their reasons for rejecting the declaration of a national state of disaster and the appointment of a Minister of Electricity:
Numsa members are sabotaging the power utility ,the electricity minister wiĺl be a game changer
Anis'yeke ngalabo...they have become irrelevant..
They must also announce displeasure at corruption within their ranks like sponsorship laptops for their families. That is not how proper trade unionists behave. It's capitalism. Wolves in sheepskins
Who cares what Numsa says? They have sold the working class.