Nine nabbed at Kusile for coal theft, fraud
Nine people were arrested at Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga on Thursday.
The group was arrested for the theft of coal and fraud.
The utility's spokesperson Daphne Mokoena says eight of the nine suspects were weighbridge operators employed by Eskom Rotek Industrie, while the ninth was a coal truck driver.
"A thorough investigation by the South African Police Service and an internal Eskom investigation supported by the Bidvest Protea Coin Investigation Team led to the arrest of the individuals, after information was received that coal haulers would bypass Kusile Power Station without offloading the ordered coal.
"Investigations revealed that the weighbridge operators would process weighbridge transactions without the coal hauler having entered the power station to offload the coal. Kusile Power Station would, however, be invoiced for the coal ordered but not received," said Mokoena.
The suspects were detained at Phola Police Station and will appear in court soon.
Mokoena says more arrests will be made as investigations continue.
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