Saftu says Eskom workers should not pay for management’s ‘looting’
South African Federation of Trade Unions says management brought the company to its knees and that its zero-percent wage increase is a ‘declaration of war’
South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday that Eskom could not expect workers to pay for the "looting" done by management at the power utility. Speaking outside Megawatt Park‚ the parastatal’s headquarters in Sunninghill‚ Johannesburg‚ he said that Eskom was reported to be R350bn in the red but that this had not been the case before. "Remember‚ just a few years ago‚ this was a leading power-generating company in the whole world ... This was an institution that was providing the cheapest electricity in the whole world. Who messed that [up]? It is not the workers. The people who messed that [up] and made it to be on its knees today must answer …. We can’t take responsibility for a mess created by others," said Vavi. "Brian Molefe‚ Matshela Koko ... all of them are part of the people who have brought Eskom to its knees. Not one of them have been in prison. Not one of them is on trial for the mess they have created. [Eskom] is tu...
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