National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)

Brief names JETP timeline pressures as a concern, calls a just transition fund a reform prerequisite and states NUM is not anti-reform; opposing the funding instrument it demands misreads the record. Conditional matches NUM's idea-35 pattern.

NUM's recorded concern is coal phase-out outpacing community support; escalating the carbon price adds pressure on coal operations its members depend on while the idea records the transition-support recycling framework as still unresolved.

Opposes rapid coal decommissioning without binding just transition commitments for coal workers — re: Climate Change Adaptation Infrastructure

Opposes rapid coal decommissioning without binding just transition commitments for coal workers — re: Forestry Sector Revitalisation and Timber Value Chain

Opposes rapid coal decommissioning without binding just transition commitments for coal workers — re: Green Hydrogen and Critical Minerals Regulatory Framework

Opposes rapid coal decommissioning without binding just transition commitments for coal workers — re: Marine Fisheries Reform and Small-Scale Fisher Rights

Opposes rapid coal decommissioning without binding just transition commitments for coal workers — re: SANParks and Protected Area Expansion

NUM supports new nuclear build as it creates long-term high-quality energy sector employment comparable to coal generation.

The note is conditional in form ('opposes without guarantees'), matching NUM's other conditional rows; the brief is cautious, states concerns 'are not anti-reform', and lists these guarantees as conditions for engagement. Conditional fits better.

NUM conditionally supports green hydrogen if it includes job creation commitments and skills retraining for displaced fossil fuel workers.

NUM supports the IRP update only if the coal phase-down timeline matches just transition fund disbursement to affected communities.

NUM conditionally supports renewable grid integration if coal community economic diversification plans are co-developed with measurable milestones.

NUM opposes the competitive electricity market, viewing IPP employment as inferior to Eskom jobs in wages, security, and benefits.

The brief records NUM's concern that generation shifting from Eskom to private providers carries inferior job quality and security; the scheme accelerates that shift by moving industrial supply to private embedded capacity.

Brief's conditions for engagement expressly include minimum labour standards in concessioning contracts — idea 59's mechanism on mining export corridors — and state NUM is not anti-reform; the note itself is 'opposes without guarantees'. Conditional is better supported.

NUM supports the Just Energy Transition SMME Finance Facility as it directly funds alternative livelihoods for coal communities.

NUM supports energy transition manufacturing skills training as a concrete pathway for workers displaced by the coal transition.

NUM supports artisan pipeline expansion as it creates skilled employment in mining, energy, and construction sectors.

NUM supports minerals beneficiation if it creates downstream manufacturing jobs compensating for potential mining employment decline.

NUM conditionally supports the EV transition if retraining programmes and employment guarantees are provided for ICE manufacturing workers.

NUM supports the Steel Master Plan as steel fabrication provides downstream employment for mining sector workers.

NUM opposes accelerated carbon taxation as it threatens coal-dependent employment without adequate transition funding.

NUM opposes procurement flexibility reforms that could enable outsourcing and weaken SOE worker protections.

NUM conditionally accepts Eskom debt relief conditions but opposes restructuring terms that result in involuntary retrenchments.

NUM conditionally supports Denel restructuring with employment transition plans for affected workers.

NUM supports the derelict mines rehabilitation fund as it creates jobs in mine closure and addresses community health risks.