DA calls for responsible resolution to Eskom senior managers’ salary demands
5 August 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes with concern demands by Eskom managers for a salary hike and the reported warning by the utility that a strike and load shedding might be possible later this year if this demand is not met. Reports also indicate that the senior managers have now approached the CCMA to resolve to matter.
The DA calls on all the parties involved to resolve their salary disputes in a responsible manner by not plunging the economy and the utility into even further distress.
Should this salary hike be granted, it could cost the power utility – which is already in its worst ever financial state – up to R300 million.
Due to a deepening financial crisis and R20.7 billion in losses in the past financial year, ordinary South Africans will now be expected to pay up yet again as Eskom’s senior managers, who earn between R1.5 million and R3 million a year, are requesting higher salaries and bonuses.