LUNGILE MASHELE: Have compassion for people in the energy transition
Stories of change are often a tapestry of survival, hope, love, tradition, family and belonging
12 September 2024 - 05:00
While preparing for a Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) conference on the “Social Impact of the Just Energy Transition”, I ruminated on the various transitions under way globally for the past 20 years. I tried to understand the impact on the ordinary union member.
When I was a child, during school holidays my dad would take me to his office, and I would spend the day building complex structures out of the 16mm film canisters that lay around. One of the perks of his job was two free movie tickets a month — for a child who loved the magic of cinema, my dad had the best job. ..
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