Dylan Bettencourt
Amalungu ezinyunyana i-National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) ne-National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) asamukele isiphakamiso sakwa-Eskom sokunyusa imiholo yabasebenzi ngo-7%.
Izinyunyana ziveze ukuthi zilindele ukusayina isivumelwano nenkampani ephehla ugesi ukuze kuqedwe isiteleka sabasebenzi esimayelana nemiholo esesithathe isonto lonke.
Kodwa-ke, ukuphela kwesiteleka ngeke kuqede ukucishwa kukagesi ngokushesha njengoba ukucishwa kukagesi kulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke isikhathi eside, ngokusho kuka-Eskom.
U-Eskom ugcizelele ukuthi ukucishwa kukagesi kungenxa yabasebenzi abatelekile okushiye inkampani inabasebenzi abambalwa.
U-Eskom uthembise ukunyusela bonke abasebenzi imiholo ngo-7% kanye no-R400 wesibonelelo sezindlu, okuyinto eyamukelwe izinyunyana.
Abasebenzi bazophinde bacele inkokhelo ka-R15,000 ezokwethulwa kwa-Eskom.
Isivumelwano nokuqedwa kwesiteleka ngeke kuziqede izingxoxo zemiholo okulindeleke ukuthi ziqhubeke.
U-Eskom wakhokhela abasebenzi u-R10 000 ngemuva kokunyuswa kwemiholo ngo-2018 kodwa isimo sezimali sakwa-Eskom sashintsha kakhulu kusukela lapho. Imali esetshenziswe ukuthenga udizili njengoba intengo kaphethiloli ikhuphuka ishiye u-Eskom usesimweni esibi kakhulu kwezezimali.
Izinyunyana bekumele zihlangane nabakwa-Eskom ngo-2 ntambama ngoLwesibili ukuze zisayine isivumelwano kodwa kuye kwabambezeleka ngenxa yomhlangano waphambilini osukwini odonse isikhathi eside kunalokho obekulindelekile.