Investigating the impact of the Just Energy Transition (JET) on employment in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Tsukudu, Khantse Anna | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Chipeta, Eleanor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-13T11:02:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | South Africa is a top greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter due to its substantial usage of coal to generate power. A "just energy transition" (JET) addresses climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in a fair, inclusive, and socially equitable way. Since Eskom generates over 90% of South Africa's and SADC's electricity from coal-fired plants, it will be used as a case study for how switching to renewables can impact employment. The feasibility of implementing JET at this current juncture will also be explored. By using a qualitative method approach, this study will generate evidence on the views of the various stakeholders within ESKOM that have been impacted by the transition and those that are yet to be impacted. These include employees currently employed in two ESKOM’s power stations i.e., Komati power station, which was decommissioned in 2022 and Grootvlei power station which is set to be commissioned before 2027 | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2025 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management | |
| dc.identifier | https://orcid.org/ 0009-0002-6232-4345 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Tsukudu, Khantse Anna. (2024). Investigating the impact of the Just Energy Transition (JET) on employment in South Africa [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg].WireDSpace. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/43870 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2025 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | WITS Business School | |
| dc.subject | CARBON LOCKED IN | |
| dc.subject | ENERGY MIX | |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL INCLUSION | |
| dc.subject | UST ENERGY TRANSITION | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-8: Decent work and economic growth | |
| dc.title | Investigating the impact of the Just Energy Transition (JET) on employment in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |