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NUMSA demands swift electricity tariff to save smelters [SOUND]

# The National Union of Metalworkers SA criticises the Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa and Eskom for delays in implementing an electricity dispensation tariff that could reopen mothballed Glencore and Samancor smelters. Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says despite promising meetings, retrenchments continue, with thousands of jobs lost. She says the union urges decisive government action, including moratoriums on layoffs, industrial incentives, and import/export controls:

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