Just before the pandemic I spoke at two workshops on the Eskom crisis that were attended by members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).

On both occasions I asked the workers why I was always reading in the press that there was animosity between the two unions, when all I could see was unity on the issues they were facing at Eskom. The reply was: “It is not us who are fighting with each other, it is our leaders.” ..

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