Eskom: Evidence of Sabotage at Free State Power Station

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By Liesl Smit


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Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter says there is now clear evidence that the electrical grid is being sabotaged to force the country into loadshedding.

He says distribution lines of a pylon at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State were cut. It caused the pylon to topple over.

The pylon fell just before 18:00 on Wednesday evening, immediately before evening peak demand hours. The matter has been handed over to the Hawks.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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