Johannesburg, Dec 14 : Nine workers were injured, one of them critically, in an explosion at the Matla Power Station owned by the South African parastatal national electricity distributor Eskom, the company has said. "The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, joined by members of Eskom's Executive Committee and Board, visited Matla Power Station this afternoon to offer …
In the past, Eskom’s wage talks have turned fraught, leading to similar protests which hampered operations. South African state power company Eskom said it would be forced to widen electricity cuts this weekend as labour protests linked to deadlocked wage talks disrupt operations. But it will increase the severity of the outages across the weekend “While exploring possible solutions to …