The Citizen reports that trade unions are consulting with their members after Eskom tabled a revised 7% wage offer and agreed to some of the workers’ demands on Saturday.

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Livhuwani Mamburu said the revised offer was presented to the unions on Saturday. “They have offered 7% across the board. They have also reversed last year’s decision to change the conditions of employment. On the other demand of housing allowance, Eskom offered R400 housing allowance. Eskom didn’t agree with us on wage gap. There are still white employees earning more than black employees, and that has caused so much anger at Eskom,” Mamburu told the SABC. A joint NUM and National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) shop stewards’ meeting will be held on Tuesday where they would be revealing whether the offer has been accepted or not. Mamburu said he was “positive” that the new offer might bring an end to the strike. Numsa initially demanded 15% across the board at the start of the wage battle, but revised its demand downward to 12%. The NUM’s wage demands currently range between 8% and 10%, while Solidarity, which condemned employee protests, has made a demand of 5.9%.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard at The Citizen
• Read too, NUM expects power situation to return to normal following latest wage negotiations, at SABC News
• And also, Eskom wage talks to resume amid power blackouts, at BusinessLive

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