Criminal case opened over Eskom sabotage
On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said there has been “a measure of sabotage” behind the latest bout of load shedding.
Embattled state-owned power utility Eskom has confirmed that a criminal case has been opened relating to sabotage that led to widespread blackouts this week.
Eskom spokesperson, Dikato Motae says while she can not give a lot of detail on the matter, the case has been registered with the police.
On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said there has been “a measure of sabotage” behind the latest bout of load shedding.
According to Ramaphosa: "Someone in the Eskom system disconnected one of the instruments that finally lead to one of the boilers tripping, and us losing as much as 2 000MW.”
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Motae said on Friday: "At the is stage, all I can say is that investigations are continuing and until that is completed there is nothing much we can add, but a case has been opened with the police."
The Congress of the People (Cope) has said ANC factions are behind Eskom sabotage, while the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says that there are engineers employed at Eskom who are unreliable.