SOUTH AFRICA
Eskom chairman Jabu Mabuza has stressed the need for the state entity to shed jobs. A report in the Sunday Times, said that Eskom will release a restructuring plan in September 2018, including how it will deal with job cuts. businesstech.co.za/
The transition from fossil fuels to renewables will come at a cost, but that cost must be shared by all stakeholders. It must be a transition that is sustainable and, ultimately, does not negatively affect the next generation and their ability to survive. fin24.com/
Terry Bell writes: We did not steal the billions, so why should we have to pay? That is the attitude of many trade unionists, especially in the public sector, as the government tries desperately to establish its ‘Thuma mina’ social compact. fin24.com/
Black graduates are faced with the bitter choice of either working for free, for the bare minimum, or not working at all. For that reason, we need to stop calling it graduate unemployment and call it what it is – black graduate unemployment. dailymaverick.co.za/
Right2Know condemns the “war on protest” declared by KZN MEC for Community Safety, Mxolisi Kaunda on Tuesday, 24 July 2018, wherein he suggested that the provincial government will not be visiting communities that are initiating protest action to express their grievances. r2k.org.za/
For over a century, the mining industry was at the heart of South Africa’s economy. But there remains a scramble by local and foreign investors for our mineral wealth, due its high demand and profitability. However, while our government promotes mining as a job creator and for Black Economic Empowerment, it has come at huge costs to mineworkers, their families, mining communities and the environment. wwmp.org.za/
South Africa is helping Saudi Arabia develop its own arms manufacturing capacity and is selling it and the UAE weapons to fight in Yemen. middleeasteye.net/
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