Medupi Timeline: Costs, delays spiralling – no completion in sight
Helen Suzman Foundation’s Elias Phaahla looks at the progress of Eskom’s long-delayed Medupi power station.
Helen Suzman Foundation’s Elias Phaahla looks at the progress of Eskom’s long-delayed Medupi power station.
Striking workers at Medupi power station have returned to work after a two month long strike, Eskom reported.
After lengthy delays in the commissioning of Medupi, South Africans are worried that its construction may mean high tariffs. Alec Hogg puts it into perspective.
Thousands of workers at South African Eskom’s Medupi power plant stayed away from work on Wednesday, rejecting an offer by the firm to rehire workers dismissed for vandalism.
South Africa’s Eskom said on Tuesday it will rehire 1,700 employees fired after a strike at the Medupi power plant.
Thousands of workers at the Medupi power plant that utility Eskom is building stayed away from work again on Tuesday but their union said it hoped the dispute could be resolved for work to resume on Wednesday.
Thousands of workers at Medupi power plant stayed away from work on Monday to protest the firing of some of their colleagues.
Eskom says that workers who were fired for destroying property at the Medupi power plant were blocking employees from entering the construction site.
About 1,000 workers at the construction site of South Africa’s Eskom Medupi power plant have been fired for vandalising property.
About 20,000 workers at South Africa’s Eskom Medupi power plant have been locked out of the construction site on Thursday following a one-day strike over poor living conditions and higher pay.