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    Eskom pact won’t include pledge to use civil servant pensions

    By Agency Staff7 August 2020
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    A pact between South Africa’s government, labour unions and business to cut the debt of the stricken national power utility won’t include a pledge to use the pensions of state workers as had been initially proposed.

    An agreement due to be signed at the next meeting of the President’s Working Council has no firm undertaking to use the funds of the R2.1-trillion Public Investment Corp, which manages state workers’ retirement money, or private pensions, said Cas Coovadia, the CEO of lobby group Business Unity South Africa.

    Trade union federation Cosatu proposed in December that funds from the PIC and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, a state lender, be used to cut Eskom’s debt to about R200-billion. The utility currently has a debt burden of about R480-billion.

    Cosatu’s initial proposal raised concerns that pension funds could be forced to invest in Eskom through the use of prescribed assets

    “We just said all possible public and private financial support for Eskom and to reduce its debt must be mobilised,” said Matthew Parks, parliamentary coordinator of Cosatu, which is a member of the country’s ruling coalition. “We kept it high level.”

    A date for the meeting where the accord will be signed hasn’t been set. It was due to take place on 3 August but was delayed.

    Cosatu’s initial proposal raised concerns that pension funds could be forced to invest in Eskom through the use of so-called prescribed assets. Business leaders, including Coovadia, have said while private investors are willing to invest in state companies and infrastructure, they don’t want to be compelled or directed to, and must earn an acceptable return on investment.  — Reported by Antony Sguazzin, (c) 2020 Bloomberg LP



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