NEHAWU supports the call for heads to roll following deterioration of Eskom, calls for Cde Mboweni to resign
10 January 2020
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] is fully supportive of the sentiments expressed by our federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions [COSATU] for heads to roll following the deterioration of Eskom and claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa was intentionally misled on loadshedding.
When the Thuma Mina campaign was launched it made promises that there would be transparency and accountability in how government is run. As NEHAWU, we believe that failure to decisively act against those who fail to deliver on their mandate undermines the spirit of the campaign and what it seeks to achieve.
We welcome the resignation of Jabu Mabuza as the chairperson of the board of Eskom and call on the Minster and other board members to follow suit. The national union believes that both the Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Pravin Gordhan, and the rest of the Eskom board must resign with immediate effect for allowing the entity to deteriorate to such a despicable level. Eskom has been reduced to this shameful state under the watch of the Minister and he was present when the board misled the President about loadshedding.