{"id":14546,"date":"2012-09-12T16:16:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T14:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/s-africas-medupi-plant-work-suspended-after-protests\/"},"modified":"2012-09-12T16:16:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T14:16:40","slug":"s-africas-medupi-plant-work-suspended-after-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africas-medupi-plant-work-suspended-after-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa’s Medupi plant work suspended after protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Agnieszka Flak<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 12<\/span> (Reuters) – Construction of South
\nAfrica’s 4,764 MW Medupi coal-fired power plant, meant to plug a
\ndire electricity shortfall, remained suspended following
\nprotests at the site the previous week, state-owned utility
\nEskom said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Last week around 80 workers contracted by Murray Roberts
\n(MR) and Grinaker-LTA, part of construction group
\nAveng, damaged some vehicles and equipment at the site
\nin an illegal protest over labour issues.<\/p>\n

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“We are working with the main contractors to assess when to
\ncommence an orderly return of the workers to site, which we hope
\nwill be as soon as possible,” Eskom spokeswoman Hilary Joffe
\nsaid in an emailed reply to questions, adding this would happen
\nthis or next week.<\/p>\n

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Some 17,000 workers are employed at Medupi.<\/p>\n

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News agency SAPA reported three buses used to transport
\nworkers to the power stations were set alight on Tuesday,
\nanother flare-up of labour violence in Africa’s largest economy,
\nwhere the mining sector has been dogged by illegal strikes.<\/p>\n

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MR said on Wednesday the situation at Medupi was calm.<\/p>\n

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The first of six units at the Medupi plant, already delayed
\nby more than a year due to problems with boiler contracts, is
\nexpected to start generating electricity late next year. It was
\nunclear if the strike would affect the timeline.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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