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TimesLive reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has joined the outcry against public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan’s decision to appeal last week’s high court decision on load-shedding, saying it was a “reckless decision”.
On Monday, Gordhan said his department would file an urgent appeal against a Pretoria high court order for government to ensure public hospitals, clinics, schools and police stations were shielded from load-shedding. The interim order, handed down on Friday, and which must be implemented within 60 days, states the minister “shall take all reasonable steps ... to ensure there shall be sufficient supply or generation of electricity to prevent any interruption of supply as a result of load-shedding”. The judgment came after an application was brought by 19 organisations, including Numsa, opposition parties, NGOs and individuals. In a statement released on Wednesday, the union said it rejected “the immoral appeal by the government”. According to Numsa, the judgment did no more than require the state to meet its constitutional duty to ensure access to health care, security and education.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khanyisile Ngcobo at TimesLive
- Lees ook, Beurtkrag-uitspraak: Vakbond vies vir Gordhan oor appèlaansoek, by Maroela Media
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