Eskom has obtained a court order “prohibiting all National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members‚ including other unions‚ from going on this illegal strike action that they are planning for Wednesday”. “The Labour Court yesterday granted Eskom an interdict against the NUM strike‚ further confirming the illegality of this strike action‚” Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe tweeted in the morning.The Labour Court yesterday granted Eskom an interdict against the NUM strike, further confirming the illegality of this strike action.— Khulu Phasiwe (@KhuluPhasiwe) August 10, 2016async He later told SABC News: “So essentially we are expecting everyone to be back at their posts today and the court interdict also prohibits them from picketing or from marching or protesting.“Any sort of action that they are planning to is illegal and therefore law enforcement agencies will be ready to deal with the situation as it arrives.”This comes as a third of Eskom’s workforce were expected to down tools on Wednesday in a nationwide strike over wages — a move that may effect electricity output at the utility’s power plants.BDlive reported that all members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at Eskom power stations across the country will go on strike‚ joining workers who went on strike at three power stations on Monday.David Sipunzi‚ general secretary of the union‚ said that while they were concerned about the effect the strike would have as Eskom is a strategic entity‚ those managing the company were not taking the union seriously.He said the NUM was in talks with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) over wage negotiations with the utility.Numsa is also involved in labour action elsewhere‚ and on Tuesday warned “bosses who represent garage employers” to come up with an offer or face strike action in the petroleum sector.Numsa said that it would be watching developments in Wednesday’s resumption of negotiations between the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu) and employers.Numsa members in petrol filing stations across the country “have been having protracted negotiations with employers in the Motor Bargaining Council and being frustrated by employers who are refusing to make an offer that must settle this round of negotiations”‚ Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said.“We have mediation resuming tomorrow‚” Jim said. “If the bosses who represent garage employers fail to make an offer‚ Numsa will embark on a strike action in pursuit of our members’ demands and in full support of fuel refineries; so workers must remain strong and united‚ because united we stand divided we fall.” Also on Wednesday‚ Eskom announced that it “has placed the Koeberg Power station manager and the plant manager on precautionary suspension as a result of the distribution of documentation containing unauthorised facts and assumptions relating to Koeberg’s production plan and in particular‚ the steam generator replacement”.“The potential prejudice caused to Eskom by the unauthorised actions of the suspended personnel‚ is currently being assessed‚” a statement from the utility said. “In an unrelated incident‚ a drone crashed on the Koeberg site in contravention of the nuclear safety regulations and was returned to its owner without the investigation having been completed. Eskom has subsequently suspended the Koeberg Safety officer as a precautionary measure to fully investigate the incident.“The matter has also been reported to the SAPS as Koeberg is a National Key Point.” ..