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NUM Media Release, 28 March 2017 Eskom cannot be used to promote people who want to destroy jobs This is a transcription of the speech delivered by the NUM president Piet Matosa during the NUM Highveld Women's Structure Conference at the Holiday Inn Express in Pretoria. The speech focused on the decision taken by the Eskom board to close down five power stations that will result in massive job losses. We are calling upon everyone and the ANC is particular to join us in ensuring that these jobs are not destroyed by Eskom. It is said about 6 000 jobs are going to be destroyed. Those are direct employees of Eskom. I am not talking about the mines that are feeding coal to Eskom Power Stations. The number is going to increase. Talking to Eskom, they said they are implementing the decisions of the shareholder. The shareholder is the government. As we speak the state president of South Africa is Jacob Zuma who is also a member and leader of the African National Congress (ANC), it cannot be that our ANC is going to destroy jobs and sentence us to unemployment. We have to fight comrades. We want to see the ANC in the forefront defending jobs of mine and energy workers. There is no other way, comrades. It is either we stand firm and fight or we accept to lose these jobs. This is something we have to fight and this is something we have to win. The most painful thing is that the renewable energy produced by the Independent Power Producers (IPP's) is going to be sold through Eskom. We are saying and we have said that Eskom is a government entity, if the IPP's have got power to generate, let them stand alone and compete with Eskom. We must defend these jobs. The leadership of the NUM will have to declare a national strike not only for energy workers. It must include mining, construction and energy. If we lose those jobs in Mpumalanga, it means that we will have accepted the closure of those power stations, accept to buy electricity at an increased price and we do not have money. We have built those power stations. If the IPP's have got their own energy, we are not against renewable energy, but we are saying that anyone who has energy must compete with Eskom. Eskom cannot be used to promote people who want to destroy jobs. There are also environmentalists who have been going around the world saying coal is dirty therefore it should not be mined anymore. Our electricity in South Africa, the one we can afford, is from coal. We are saying that our Eskom must be saved. Our jobs must be saved. No one is going to save them because the government has already said they must be destroyed. It is us as workers who must save Eskom and these jobs. Piet Matosa, NUM President, 082 809 3074 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of malware database 15162 (20170328) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501D11B3091%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
