As Eskom and trade unions sit down on Friday to discuss a deal that it is hoped will end a week of labour unrest and intense load shedding, business leaders have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to say his government's efforts are not enough and more must be done to address the crisis.
Criticism is mounting that government doesn't have the urgency to deal with the electricity supply shortfall with emergency plans emerging from many quarters except the government. And although it appears likely that an end to the strike is on the cards, it has damaged labour and political relations.
The latest suggestions on how new energy generation could be expedited come from CEO of Business Leadership SA Busisiwe Mavuso and CEO of Business Unity SA , Cas Coovadia, who have appealed to Ramaphosa urgently"debottleneck regulatory processes" to assure security of supply.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
Fin24 Fire them, ccma can't save them, it's an illegal strike
Fin24 Ramaphosa must fix this mess before we loose more jobs due to this so called orchestrated Loadshedding
Fin24 Kick them off all out including the useless Unions. Replace with competent , qualified people and all pay to be performance based.
Fin24 Fire them and ban that union.
Fin24 For god's sake fire them.
Fin24 Just another day in Souta 🤷🏾♂️
Fin24 Open the grid to IPPs
Fin24 The only thing thats going to fix this, is to remove that tax evading money criminal PhalaPhalaFarmGate PhalaPhalaFarmGate PhalaPhalaFarmGate
Fin24 Why are you negotiating with terrorists, dismiss them their are a lot of unemployed skilled people looking for work.
Fin24 Bring independent suppliers onboard now. What are they waiting for. Stop negotiating with these gangsters.
Fin24 Sure these people on strike can be trialed for treason! 🤷🏻♂️
Fin24 He must fix what he broke 😤
Fin24 Theyd stand a better chance appealing to Papa Penny than Ramapho$a
Fin24 Why beg the Demon Cyryl Ramaphosa who is a thief himself to fix something that he and the ANC have raped.
Fin24 Where is president Cyril Ramakhaza LoadsheddingStage6 Eskom Loadshedding
Fin24 Why don’t you the big bosses pass down some of their stolen millions 🤬