Mantashe: No 'just' transition at Eskom's Komati | Business

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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has criticised the transition to renewables at Komati as not being just, given the amount of jobs lost versus those created. | News24_Business

with Cape Peninsula University of Technology's South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre in order to help the power utility reskill communities to find jobs within the renewable energy industry.

Mtshweni-Tsipane noted the substantial job losses."We have lost quite a substantial number [of jobs]. There were about 1 700 people there. Today we are talking about 174," she said.Eskom's senior consultant on climate change and sustainable development, Beauty Mazibuko, told News24 that Komati previously employed 661 people, 237 of whom were permanent employees. According to Eskom, it currently has 150 permanent employees on site.

 

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