Solidarity trade union will make an announcement on a wage dispute with Eskom on Wednesday after informal talks were held the past few days, an official says.
"There are certain proposals for a possible agreement," said Solidarity spokesman Jaco Kleynhans.
"There have been informal talks with Eskom over the past few days."
He said Solidarity members at Eskom were scheduled to hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the proposals.
"We will know the way forward tomorrow [Wednesday]," said Kleynhans.
Meanwhile, National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) spokesman Castro Ngobese said on Tuesday morning that Numsa would release a statement later in the day on the wage dispute.
Eskom had referred the matter to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration for compulsory negotiations after talks did not produce a deal last Thursday night.
The electricity parastatal and its three unions -- Numsa, the National Union of Mineworkers and Solidarity -- made little progress last week in attempts to resolve failed wage talks.
Eskom was offering an eight percent increase while unions were insisting on nine percent.
Ngobese on Monday threatened a strike if Eskom did not make a new wage offer.
This was despite the fact that Eskom had been declared an essential service so there was no provision for protected industrial action.
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