Union attacks Necsa board, claiming retrenchments and privatisations planned

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) asserted on Wednesday that it had “reliably learnt” that the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (Necsa’s) board was proposing to retrench 400 employees and perhaps sell public assets. These proposals were part of a turnaround strategy submitted to the Department of Energy (now part of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy), stated the union. Furthermore, Nehawu affirmed that Necsa’s executive committee had not been …