President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured workers that they will not lose jobs when Eskom goes through an unbundling process.
"The NUM can confirm that yesterday … met with state president Cyril Ramaphosa, who was accompanied by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and energy minister Jeff Radebe," he said.
"It is important to note that the NUM will still need to consult with its Eskom members on the contents of the meeting, and discuss a way forward. "The three-hour meeting with the president and the ministers came a result of resolutions that were taken earlier this month by thousands of frustrated Eskom workers. Workers are concerned about the inconsistent messages from government with regard to the unbundling of the power utility, dividing it into three entities - comprising of generation, transmission and distribution," he said.
Sipunzi added that workers"were very angry towards the attitude demonstrated by the leadership in government who are, in most instances, unable to explain what the unbundling would mean to them in terms of job security".
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