NUM rejects the gradual privatisation of South Africa’s electricity grid [SOUND]

# The National Union of Mineworkers says it rejects the gradual privatisation and liberalisation of the country’s electricity grid. President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved the Eskom Restructuring Task Team phase one report, as government looks to establish an independent transmission system operator. NUM’s spokesperson, Livhuwani Mammburu, says transferring transmission assets away from Eskom risks fragmentation, increased private sector dominance and the gradual erosion of public control. He says a comprehensive social compact must be reached with labour and key stakeholders: