Komati Power Station — the cautionary tale of the Just Energy Transition and lessons to be learnt

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Members of the Presidential Climate Commission have repeatedly pointed out that the many mistakes in the project to decommission the Komati Power Station should never have been made. These are some of the impacts of the project and lessons to be learnt.

Komati Power Station manager Marcus Nemadodzi shows Eskom's new solar power project on 26 August 2021.

“The engagements around the decommissioning process at Komati fell short of the inclusive and participatory engagements required to embody procedural justice. For future decommissioning projects, the PCC intends to work with Eskom, local government and other relevant actors on a public engagement strategy, to help build consensus and support on difficult transitional issues,” the report reads.

“We have recently completed the establishment of a factory to fabricate and assemble containerised microgrids. This facility will employ 30 people. In addition, we have in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation, created employment for 200 youth from Komati to remove alien vegetation from the region for further beneficiation.

“In a family of six or seven, you’ll find that none of them are working, but there are kids that must go to school. Where is the subsidy for that family, or for the kids? Even saying that the school and learners should be helped because they know most of the families are not working. Instead they’ll tell you Eskom doesn’t have money. Maybe things are like this because most of the decision-makers are not from around here, so they don’t understand what is happening.

 

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