The trade unions in SA appear to have lost the plot. At times their actions are completely counterproductive and senseless. For example, when threatened with job losses their response invariably is to threaten to shut the company (or even the country) down, thereby risking the loss of 100% of the jobs instead of say 10%. In the case of Eskom, they claimed they were not responsible for the losses or state capture, so why should they pay? The problem with Eskom is that it is a national disaster (entirely of the ANC's making) that requires all of us to pay. One could argue that some of the unions share the blame for the problem, having supported the ANC and the tripartite alliance. Applying this logic, the unions also helped facilitate state capture, so should in fact pay. They don’t want independent power producers to gain ground because these reduce the demand for coal and will affect jobs. No cognisance is given to the jobs the independent power producers will create. Likewise, t...
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