Eskom was offered a list of 480 skilled and experienced professionals who are keen to help the company, but it did not contact a single person on the list.
In February trade union Solidarity launched a website where experienced engineers and technicians registered to offer their skills to help Eskom.
The initiative followed an announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the services of competent former Eskom employees should be used to help alleviate Eskom’s skills shortages.
On 19 February Solidarity provided Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan with a database of scarce skills that exist among Eskom’s former workforce.
These skills include experienced former Eskom engineers, technicians, project managers, financial managers and contractors.
The list was also given to Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer and Elsie Pule, group executive for human resources at the company.
Not a single person on the list contacted
Rapp
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