Last Friday, Gordhan convened a meeting with the Eskom board and management and the three labour unions National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Solidarity with the intention of getting all parties to engage on the issues around the employee salary negotiations.

Briefing the media on the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said a team has been assigned to deal with issues of wage negotiations, and they hope that all parties will appreciate the need to expedite the process and find an amicable solution towards the impasse at Eskom.