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This week’s episode of ESI Insights, sponsored by African Utility Week, takes a closer look at wind energy, jobs and trade unions.

The South African Wind Energy Association makes remarks regarding the National Union of Mineworker’s peaceful march, which occurred on 17 November 2018.

NUM in Kwazulu-Natal arranged a protest this past weekend against the IPPs, Eskom privatisation, closing of power stations and coal mines.

After months of wage negotiations, the South African national power utility, Eskom, announced that it has reached a three-year wage agreement with its recognised trade unions, ending the impasse. Eskom and its trade unions, the...

Eskom has acknowledged the NUM and NUMSA public communications in relation to the failure of Eskom and its union partners to reach an agreement on the protracted wage negotiations. The South African power utility has...

The Minister of Department of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, convened a meeting with the Eskom board and management and the three labour unions, NUM, NUMSA and Solidarity with the intention to bring all parties to...

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) is concerned that the arguments cited by NUMSA and Transform SA in their interdict application against renewable power purchase agreement (RE PPA) conclusion, are misleading. The renewable...

On Wednesday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has welcomed the decision of the Pretoria high court to postpone the signing of 27 independent power producer (IPP) power purchase agreements. After the much-awaited IPP signing ceremony...