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Eskom General manager for security, Advocate Karen Pillay has thanked law enforcement authorities for responding swiftly, to the serious scourge of infrastructure crime that is affecting the already ailing power system.

The Hawks have arrested an Eskom employee for allegedly stealing ten drums of hydraulic oil from a storage facility at the Tutuka power station in Mpumalanga.Eskom says the employee was arrested on Monday following an extensive internal investigation. The accused has appeared in the Standerton Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and has been remanded in custody pending the outcome of his bail application.

In another matter, three employees have been arrested for allegedly stealing copper cables at the power utility’s Matla power station also in Mpumalanga. Eskom says the suspects were put under surveillance by investigators who pounced on them as they were attempting to remove the copper cables from where they had hidden them.

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Living large while we suffer?

Living large while we suffer?

CyrilRamaphosa MrPresident So…Cyril…. THIS is why you wouldn’t let the ex Eskom management in, to fix all Eskom problems …. YOU KNEW THEY WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT ALL THE THEFTS FROM STAFF WITHIN THE WORKS AREAS…… YOU should’ve backed them……

Is this not related to the fuel issue, why are you using juniors to publish stories ,what happened to the editor

Thats a wrong picture

Criminals from the African continent adding to the pressure eskom grid is facing....

Fyi: you used a pic of the Witbank guy arrested for stealing fuel from Transnet. Respect us please!!

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Who's lying to us here?

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