Criminality is accounting for one stage of load-shedding: André de Ruyter

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Sabotage of Eskom equipment and coal syndicates are among the criminal activities contributing to one stage of load-shedding.

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He said the issue of sabotage was serious and they had an incident at the Lethabo power station when an unknown person cut through a conveyor belt which feeds coals into the boilers. This led to significant disruption.De Ruyter said at the Camden power station, when they apprehended a suspect, they found the motive for the sabotage which led to the breaking down of equipment was to secure more work from Eskom.

“Of course, there are other factors in place where no doubt [these criminals] want to exacerbate load-shedding, and we suspect to put more pressures on players including myself and the management teams,” he said.

 

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Historical Cadre deployment has contributed to Eskom's problems as well. How could the State Owned Organisations go so backwards so quickly? SAD!!!

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