Greenpeace hammers NUMSA over IPP interdict
14 March 2018
Cape Town – Environmental activist organisation Greenpeace has condemned the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) for a court interdict preventing 27 contracts with renewable energy independent power producers (IPPs) from being signed.
"Greenpeace strongly condemns the court interdict, which is clearly a move to sabotage renewable energy in favour of coal. We no longer live in a world where renewable energy should be viewed as a threat, and to do so stands in the way of progress," said Happy Khambule, Greenpeace Africa's senior political adviser.
NUMSA argued that the contracts would lead to job losses affecting 30 000 working class families as demand for coal power for electricity generation decreased.
However, Greenpeace said that renewable energy projects were also job creators.