The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria against the privatization of Eskom and the sourcing of power from independent power producers, among others. “Their mission and mandated task is to break up Eskom, privatize it, renew the looting contracts of cost-plus mines and justify IPPs [independent power producers]. In our view, this agenda is linked to the corrupt political elite who take South Africans for a ride,” said NUMSA general secretary Irvin Jim.