Organisations in court to declare load shedding unconstitutional
The United Democratic Movement, Numsa and 17 other groups are heading back to the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday morning in a bid to have load shedding declared unconstitutional.
The first part of the landmark case against Eskom and the Departments of Mineral Resources and Public Enterprises will be heard this week.
"NUMSA, the United Democratic Movement, Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union, Build One South Africa, and the South African Federation of Trade Unions and others organisations are part of this multi-stakeholder court application to exempt critical sectors of the economy from load shedding," says spokesperson for metalworkers union Numsa Phakamile Hlubi-Majola.
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"The hearings will continue at the High Court on this matter from 22 March until 24 March.”
Hlubi-Majola says part B of the case will be heard in May.
The applicants will seek an order holding the president legally responsible for the human cost of the rolling blackouts.
