THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has ended a week-long strike after signing a wage deal with state-owned utility Eskom, the union said on Friday.The dispute was the latest problem to beset Eskom, which has struggled to meet power demand in SA, which is on the verge of recession and is grappling with a fuel sector strike as well as a potential stoppage in the vehicle sector.Eskom, which has managed a year without frequent blackouts that have hurt the economy in the past, said in a statement it had signed a two-year wage deal with the NUM and Solidarity union, following overnight talks on Thursday.The utility said the strike, which started on Monday affecting some of its power plants, had not affected electricity supplies."The strike is over," NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu said.The new deal signed between Eskom, the NUM and Solidarity grants the lowest-paid workers increases of 10%, while other employees will receive an 8.5% raise in line with the NUM’s revised demands.Eskom...
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