South Africa's Eskom expects to reduce staff by 7,000 in five years

South Africa's state-run power utility Eskom expects to have 7,000 less staff in five years from now, Marion Hughes a senior manager at the utility that is struggling to emerge from a financial crisis said on Thursday.

Eskom employs 47,000 people and has powerful labor unions, some allied with the ruling ANC and others more militant, that have said they will resist attempts to cut the workforce and fight moves to privatize the company.

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