Eskom’s miraculous decline in sabotage post-De Ruyter and Oberholzer
Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, has experienced a remarkable decline in sabotage at its power stations, a departure from the multiple incidents reported in 2021 and 2022.
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Madam, please leave… – Cachalia on “host of reasons” to sack Transnet CE
Mr Ghaleb Cachalia, the (DA’s) Shadow Minister for Public Enterprises has called for Transnet Chief Executive (CE) Portia Derby to be sacked.
Losses on Joburg-Durban freight corridor bigger than state capture – Francois NortjĂ©
Transnet has sent an SOS to government about freight chaos on the Joburg-Durban corridor, urgently calling for action to combat sabotage.
Ukrainian guerillas shaking Russian defences behind frontline – Andrei Kebkalo
BizNews has been given a glimpse into the war zone by Kebkalo of Omega Consulting Group (OCG) that has trained at least 2 000 operators.
SA’s power grid under siege: Sabotage, corruption and coal mafias threaten nation’s stability
Coal mafias, graft and industrial sabotage are pushing South Africa’s power monopoly closer to collapse – an in-depth analysis.
SA brings in the army to protect Eskom
South Africa has started deploying its army at power stations as theft and vandalism adds to the inability of state-owned utility Eskom.
Eskom bomb threat averted
Eskom announced that a suspect linked to a bomb threat directed at the company’s chief operating officer has been arrested.
Transnet sabotage costs SA billions
Transnet Freight Rail is investigating suspected sabotage along its main coal line costing SA a billion rand per day, the Sunday Times reports.
Sabotage just the latest of beleaguered Eskom’s problems
If left unsecured, a much larger private industrial capacity would be just as vulnerable to sabotage as the current Eskom infrastructure is.
Eskom is running out of spares to fix substations … R152m and counting
Eskom said it had replaced or repaired 116 damaged substations and 1,326 transformers, costing the power utility R152 million.