Joburg total blackout will be sabotage - City Power

[rpm]

Joburg total blackout will be sabotage

A union’s threat of causing a “total blackout” in the greater Johannesburg area this month would be an act of sabotage, City Power said on Thursday.

 

[Stillie]

i think they really meant to put JHB into darkness but then when were told by lawyers or who ever that its criminal they were like nah ah.... not going to prison lol

 

[GreGorGy]

Joburg total blackout will be sabotage

A union’s threat of causing a “total blackout” in the greater Johannesburg area this month would be an act of sabotage, City Power said on Thursday.

When Eskom and the government does it, we call it load shedding. When an angry populace does it, we call it sabotage.

 

[grok]

Some say that the ANC's inability to plan electricity capacity properly amounts to treason, and I agree.

At the very least it should be called saboutage too.

 

[GreGorGy]

Some say that the ANC's inability to plan electricity capacity properly amounts to treason, and I agree.

At the very least it should be called saboutage too.

And if you think about it, strikers taking out the grid would be sabotage of the grid. The government's poor performance in this realm is sabotage of the entire economy. Treason is maybe too soft a term.

 

[Nod]

And if you think about it, strikers taking out the grid would be sabotage of the grid. The government's poor performance in this realm is sabotage of the entire economy. Treason is maybe too soft a term.

Medupi's delays should have been classified as sabotage as well, but that would take a government with a backbone. The future coal mine strikes as well.

 

[GreGorGy]

Medupi's delays should have been classified as sabotage as well, but that would take a government with a backbone. The future coal mine strikes as well.

Well, that would depend on worker conditions. What I have heard from people at Medupi is that at times the conditions were so shocking (pardon) that industrial action was the only way to achieve basic living conditions and worker safety. It is the graft involved in the awarding of tenders and appointment of providers that results in the incumbents maximising their returns often at the expense of worker welfare. I certainly cannot begrudge them their own safety - the act of sabotage is not at the hands of the workers but rather the tendertrepenuers.

 

[ThinkCentre]

If the workers are not at work, the power might just stay up! You know what I mean?

 

[Nod]

Well, that would depend on worker conditions. What I have heard from people at Medupi is that at times the conditions were so shocking (pardon) that industrial action was the only way to achieve basic living conditions and worker safety. It is the graft involved in the awarding of tenders and appointment of providers that results in the incumbents maximising their returns often at the expense of worker welfare. I certainly cannot begrudge them their own safety - the act of sabotage is not at the hands of the workers but rather the tendertrepenuers.

If that is the case, then go on trike, but do it in a form of a stay-away, instead of breaking and burning everything in sight.

 

[GreGorGy]

If that is the case, then go on trike, but do it in a form of a stay-away, instead of breaking and burning everything in sight.

I replied to your statement about strikes, not vandalism. I never even noticed one about vandalism, to be entirely honest.

 

[schumi]

JHB's 'total blackout' strike won’t be legally protected

Matthew le Cordeur

Cape Town – The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) planned strike against City Power in Johannesburg on Monday will not be legally protected.

However, its dispute with City Power could be the least of Samwu's worries, after BDLive reported that the Hawks stormed its central executive meeting on Tuesday afternoon and arrested three members.

"We don’t have clarity ... they (the police) are not giving us clarity," Samwu president Pule Molalenyane told BDLive, adding that the experience had been traumatic.

Meanwhile, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CMMA) declined to issue Samwu a strike certificate, according to City Power in a statement on Wednesday.

“The CCMA has dismissed Samwu’s dispute referral, which effectively strips the planned strike action of any legal protection.”

Samwu told the City of Johannesburg’s power utility that it would go on a full-blown strike on Monday October 19, resulting in “a total blackout of Johannesburg and all its suburbs”.

The union said City Power failed to address issues relating to corruption levelled against its managing director, Sicelo Xulu.

City Power invited Samwu to substantiate the allegations, but the union is yet to provide any substantiation for the allegations, said the utility.

“It is City Power’s view that any strike action related to this matter will therefore be unlawful and unprotected,” it said.

“City Power will take necessary action, including but not limited to, disciplinary action against those employees who participate in an unprotected and unlawful strike.”

Frank Chikane, chairperson of the City Power Board, assured ratepayers that City Power has put contingency measures in place to ensure a reliable supply of electricity in the unlikely event that the strike goes ahead.

Fin24
Source
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Labour...out-strike-wont-be-legally-protected-20151015

 

[Slootvreter]

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