Govt accused of failing to consult residents on Komati Power Station transition - SABC News

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Residents living on the periphery of the Komati Power Station in Middelburg in Mpumalanga are accusing government and the PCC of failing to properly consult them on the transitioning of the coal-powered station into a renewable energy hub.

Smoke rises from coal-based power station owned by state power utility, Eskom.

The Presidential Climate Commission and Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, visited the power station. “We have people who lost jobs and I’m one of the victims from 2018. But now the chances that are coming back, are they going to cater for everyone? We understand that they will transfer us, but now, what about the contactors? Lots of people are at home; some their houses taken, cars repossessed,” laments one of the locals.

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