Eskom reports acts of sabotage to Hawks

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CEO Andre de Ruyter says people allegedly cut the stays attached to the pylon power lines that feed electricity to the Lethabo Power Station, causing the line to trip

State-owned power utility Eskom has handed over evidence of alleged sabotage at Lethabo Power Station in Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg, to the Hawks, says CEO Andre de Ruyter.

The unknown perpetrators allegedly cut the stays attached to the pylon power lines that feed electricity to the power station causing the line to trip. The stays are galvanised steel rods and are 24mm in diameter. Upon inspection, Eskom found no sign of corrosion or metal fatigue on the stays, signalling clear evidence of sabotage when the stays were cut, de Ruyter said on Friday...

 

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rtcsa1 There are people out there who know whats being done. Be good if they were reported so the damage can be stopped. chrisyelland OUTASA afriforum

It was sabotage all along. From the word go. It was never the old power stations. IT IS SABOTAGE

If the sabotagers are politically connected to the anc comrades thieves, just don't hold your breath, don't expect any prosecution

ANC = African National Corruption. The only virus in South Africa.

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