Eskom says there are no plans to ‘get rid of’ 500 white maintenance workers at the group.
Power utility Eskom says it has no plans to retrench any workers, following claims from trade union Solidarity that the group intends to retrench 500 white employees.
Solidarity this week said that it had alerted its legal team over apparent plans and threatened to take Eskom to court over the “race-based targets”. “These consultations must clearly spell out the reasons and conditions under which retrenchments can be allowed. Discrimination based on race or gender does not qualify as a criterion for retrenchment,” it said.
Eskom said that it is “unfortunate, opportunistic, and unprofessional” for Solidarity, or any party to the confidential internal consultations, “to opt to cause unnecessary panic and fear, creating
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