Ramaphosa promises no job losses at Eskom | Fin24
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the government won’t cut jobs at state power utility, Eskom, as it divides the company into three separate businesses.
Ramaphosa announced the plan to divide the company into generation, transmission and distribution units in February, and there was an immediate backlash from labor unions who are concerned that the plan could lead to job losses. Eskom has 47,000 workers, a figure the World Bank has said is 66 percent too high, and debt in excess of 430 billion rand .
Eskom has been described by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as the biggest threat to the South African economy and isn’t generating sufficient cash to meet its maintenance costs, resulting in frequent power cuts so far this year. It has been embroiled in corruption scandals. The government agreed to give it a record 69 billion rand bailout in February.
The company won’t cut power to consumers this winter, Ramaphosa said. South Africa’s winter runs from June until August.
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