dirk hermann

Here is proof Eskom wants to get rid of 500 white staff — Solidarity Trade union Solidarity has provided screenshots from Eskom’s proposed Employment Equity Plan for 2023–2025 to prove the power utility has plans to get rid of 500 white male workers in the next two years. This comes after...

Eskom wants to retrench 500 white maintenance workers Solidarity says Eskom wants to get rid of 500 white male employees — most of which do maintenance work — in the next two years. The trade union has revealed this forms part of the utility's latest Employment Equity (EE) Plan for 2023 to 2025.

Legal battle over private power in South Africa The Solidarity Movement has launched a legal challenge against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), demanding it removes all bottlenecks in the way of private energy suppliers. The organisation believes that when it comes to...

Why Eskom is collapsing Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann said there are two main reasons for Eskom’s collapse – corruption and race-based policies. In 2022, South Africans endured the worst load-shedding the country has ever seen. Hours of power outages per day are now commonplace.

Eskom appoints 18 from Solidarity's list of 300 skilled engineers — while being hamstrung by politics Eskom has so far appointed 18 people from a list of 300 "turnaround agents" submitted to the power utility by Solidarity, according to Rapport. The relatively small number of appointees is...

JSE considers carbon credits trading JSE CEO Leila Fourie believes president Cyril Ramaphosa's plan to fix South Africa's energy crisis could serve as a driver of economic growth in the country, reports the Sunday Times. The stock exchange is also looking into a "carbon credits" trading market...

Message received — Gordhan accepts Solidarity's offer to help bring back engineers to fix Eskom Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has written to Solidarity asking the labour union to provide a list of engineers and other workers that can assist with Eskom's skills shortage. Gordhan's...

Legal threat against Eskom's R938 solar power tariff South African trade union Solidarity has said it would implement legal proceedings against Eskom if the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approves its R938 tariff for solar power users. The union described Eskom's application...

Denel ordered to pay R90 million in outstanding salaries — or else The Johannesburg Labour Court has ordered state-owned arms manufacturer Denel to pay R90 million in outstanding salaries to employees. That comes after Solidarity took Denel to court over overdue salaries and other payments...

Solidarity takes legal action against illegal importation of Cuban engineers Labour union Solidarity has announced it has started a legal process against Minister of Human Settlements, Water, and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu over the importation of Cuban engineers for water infrastructure projects...