> We can no longer afford passive resistant to we need to take a militant stance against this arrogance. We can hardly afford to keep poverty at bay already this nightmare for many ppl worse municipalities that have extended indigent for the poor of the poorest.
>>Try and remove Cosatu leaders, ask Madisha.And others tried and > failed.You will also suffer the same fate. > Regards > Manelisi Tyatyantsi > Eskom price increases 2009-2010- putting the burden of falling profits of >> International banks on the working class locally. >> That Nersa is once again excluding the millions of the urban and rural >> poor >> From hearings shows that they have already taken a decision to increase >> Electricity rates. >> South Africa, Africa and much of the neo-colonial world are in the >> throes >> of >> an >> Economic onslaught by international big capital. Eskom is spearheading >> an >> Attack on the working class in South Africa by 20%+ annual electricity >> Increases, that are only being sought to rescue the profit levels of the >> giant >> Banks and corporations. Bankrupt banks such as Citibank, Bank of New >> York, >> JP Morgan Chase are major shareholders not only in coal mines but also >> Westinhouse, Areva, Alstom, General Electric-Hitachi, Murray & Roberts, >> Group 5. These are the very companies who stand to benefit from the >> Proposed Eskom build programme. >> With the demothballing process due to complete within a few months the >> Capacity of Eskom would stand at 44 000 Megawatts. With Statssa >> predicting >> An increased need of only 100MW per annum (this was before the wave of >> Factory closures), there is simply no evidence of a need to double >> capacity >> Within 10 years. That a In a climate of speculatively high construction >> and >> Housing costs, the scam to spend R1,3 trillion on building coal and >> nuclear >> Power stations that we do not need amounts to only one thing: it is a >> Mechanism to rob the working class in broad daylight- in other words it >> is >> an >> Artificial mechanism to increase the rate of exploitation and provides a >> cover >> For a trillion rand to be taken out of the country to fill the coffers >> of >> JP >> Morgan >> Chase, Citibank and other imperialist banks. >> Already the homelite client in the squatter camp pays more than 3 times >> the >> Rate that big industry pays. The working class is subsdizing the >> electricity >> of >> The monopolies. Any increase means that Anglo American still pays the >> Cheapest electricity in the world but the worker and unemployed in the >> Squatter camp is expected to pay more than the residents pay in France, >> USA >> And Canada. >> A University of Johannesburg researcher has developed the mechanism to >> Produce solar power at 50% of current cost. There is also technology >> around >> Saline solar cells for energy storage and similar technology that can be >> used >> As viable alternatives to coal and nuclear. >> What is even more disgusting is the betrayal by the Cosatu leadership >> who >> Have bought into the notion that there needs to be this massive >> expenditure >> For coal power stations. Not only did they and their alliance partners >> agree >> last >> Year in their energy summit that phased increases can take place over >> the >> Next 5 years, but now Cosatu, in their Framework of a response to the >> International Economic crisis, calls for a once off-energy tax. In this >> betrayal >> They are singing the tune of the imperialists and justifying greater >> exploitation >> Of the working class. What was needed was a general strike in defence of >> our >> Living standards. >> 61 >> A further contradiction is that the major part of the current R700 Bn >> for >> Infrastructure is made up of building these power stations that the >> working >> Class and lower middle class will not use. Under the guise of job >> creation, >> the >> ANC-SACP and COSATU leaders are leading the attack on the working class, >> Privatizing and casualising what should be full-time municipal work, and >> even >> Setting the framework of the ‘jobs’ on this get-rich-quick scheme for >> the >> International banks. ANC leaders are not only on the boards of the banks >> but >> Also on the coal and construction companies that stand to benefit from >> the >> Eskom scam. These ‘loan billionaires’ (such as Tokyo Sexwale) will do >> Everything in their power to advance their imperialist paymasters >> wishes. >> We call on the working class to remove this Cosatu leadership >> immediately >> And to replace them with leaders who are prepared to fight in defence of >> the >> Working class. We call for workers to form committees in every workplace >> and >> Every working class community to launch a campaign to defend the working >> class’ living standards against the attacks of high prices, unemployment >> and >> Permanent mass homelessness. >> Build solar power! End the subsidy to big business! Decrease the rate >> for >> Residential users! A block tariff should be implemented. Increase the >> free >> Electricity provision to at least 100 units per person per household per >> month. >> Decent Houses for all! Occupy vacant buildings and land! >> Share the work among all who can work, without loss of pay! >> No to retrenchments and closures! Sack the bosses! 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