Fidelity weighs in on R500 million Eskom security contract allegations
Fidelity Services Group CEO Wahl Bartmann has confirmed that the company was awarded a three-month emergency contract with Eskom to provide comprehensive security services for the beleaguered power utility.
Bartmann was...
Eskom places head of security on precautionary suspension
Eskom has placed its acting head of security Karen Pillay on precautionary suspension.
News24 was the first to report on the development, alleging that Pillay was suspended over a R500-million security contract awarded to Fidelity...
Eskom spends R3.2 billion a year on private security
South Africa's state-owned power utility spends R3.2 billion a year on private security to tackle sabotage and to protect its senior executives, TimesLive reports.
Eskom's general manager for security Karen Pillay butted heads with the...
Eskom guards arrested for stealing diesel
Eskom says that two guards employed by a security company contracted by the utility to protect the Port Rex Power Station in East London were arrested on Monday for stealing diesel.
The suspects were apprehended while on duty at the gas turbine power...
Hawks arrest Eskom employee and contractors for theft
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has arrested an Eskom employee and contractors for stealing supplies at its Tutuka and Matla power stations.
In a press statement on Wednesday, Eskom said the arrests followed...
Eskom and Hawks nail copper thieves
Eskom, the Hawks, and Vosman police raided premises suspected to be linked to cable theft incidents on Tuesday, 8 March, resulting in the arrest of 14 suspects.
"Large volumes of cables, comprising of aluminium and copper were found stored on multiple...