Blinkpan Village stakeholder meeting reveals concerns over the shutdown's impact.
The coal-fired Komati Power Station in Mpumalanga reached the end of its operating life and has been shut down in October 2022.The revelation came to light during a multi-stakeholder meeting held at Blinkpan Village, near the now-defunct power station, aimed at providing feedback on the commission’s visit to the site three months ago.
Lebogang Mulaisi, a representative of the Presidential Climate Commission, expressed the commission’s findings, saying, “The decommissioning process happened too late, without adequate consultation with the people who would be affected by the process. We found that it was carried out without proper consideration for the community and the workers. Years in advance, consultation with the community and employees should have taken place.
“The shutdown of Komati Power Station has had a detrimental effect on us because the high rate of unemployment has increased rapidly. Our fathers and sisters lost their jobs. We are affected.
The Presidential Climate Commission has recommended that future decommissioning and repurposing of power stations should involve comprehensive consultation processes that take place well in advance. Additionally, it stressed the importance of establishing alternative energy sources before decommissioning to mitigate the social and economic impacts on the affected communities.
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