Eskom being robbed blind

[Jan]

People are stealing Eskom dry

Unscrupulous Eskom staff and contractors are stealing the state-owned power utility dry, and cable theft forces it to spend about R2 billion every year replacing stolen cables.

An Eskom spokesperson told MyBroadband that the utility also tracks cable theft incidents monthly, saying that "the trends are unrelenting and commensurate to the South African crime landscape".

 

[J&B]

South Africa is going one way FAST

 

[Solitude]

Shurrrruuuuuup!

 

[mojoman]

Lol...EksDom enjoying what the rest of us suffer with..
The constant thievery...
From the National Association of Nyope Boys to our lovely jubbly presidents...

Just need to use these a bit more if they want anything left.....
Tampering with cables and infrastructure?
Bang...

 

[RaptorSA]

"Each incident of sabotage and theft reduces the available capacity on the system "

 

[Hemps]

"We have a good story to tell - ANC"

 

[upup]

The problem also lies with the law. Police catch a person who stole the stuff. Person goes to court , gets bail. He claim he never stole it, it was just lying there. I feel sorry for the police. The law system is the current problem.

 

[GrootVoet]

I still say easiest way to stop cable theft is to make it illegal to sell, buy or export copper. I feel sorry about the scrap metal dealers but it worth sacrificing them for the greater good.

 

[Beyond.Celsus]

I still say easiest way to stop cable theft is to make it illegal to sell, buy or export copper. I feel sorry about the scrap metal dealers but it worth sacrificing them for the greater good.

Feck the scrap metal dealers.
If they weren't buying the stuff the problem wouldn't exist.
The scrap dealers are the root of the damn problem.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

I mean its one of the points the ANC use all the time during their rallies... Power to the people

 

[r00igev@@r]

With all the mist I thought Eskom was wet?????

Haaibo - make up your minds.

 

[Danie_V]

Yet tax pax payers as well as consumers must carry the brunt of this whilst Eskom employees (who either steal or are not reporting it) get a 7% increase (bigger increase than most in private sector). Just proves solidly the point that a State owned entity is not the way to go. A private enterprise has to make ends meet, and workers know if that does not happen, they lose increases or jobs.

 

[mojoman]

I mean its one of the points the ANC use all the time during their rallies... Power to the people

 

[mojoman]

I still say easiest way to stop cable theft is to make it illegal to sell, buy or export copper. I feel sorry about the scrap metal dealers but it worth sacrificing them for the greater good.

I live in an area that is drowning in theft by the nyope boys and other undersireables...
To the point of the guys literally running to shops and stealing the outside lights etc...at 10am...
We had NO issues here prior to the scrappys getting here...
Police are also involved and turn a blind eye to their dodgy practices...

Close them ALL down and tighten up control before allowing them to operate again.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

this is the end result of letting a power company get hollowed out and useless,

the ANC job here is complete

 

[grok]

this is the end result of letting a power company get hollowed out and useless,

the ANC job here is complete

The whole country is gone, a basket case in 30 years.

 

[J&B]

The whole country is gone, a basket case in 30 years.

Everyone with a working brain cell hoped that South Africa would be different to other African countries with black majority rule. Alas, it wasn't to be. It's too easy to steal rather than work.

Too late now. The damage is done.

 

[mojoman]

Everyone with a working brain cell hoped that South Africa would be different to other African countries with black majority rule. Alas, it wasn't to be. It's too easy to steal rather than work.

Too late now. The damage is done.

To be fair I am amazed we made it this far...

 

[J&B]

To be fair I am amazed we made it this far...

It wasn't for the lack of trying everything to **** up SA by Zuma and the Zuptas though.

 

[mojoman]

It wasn't for the lack of trying everything to **** up SA by Zuma and the Zuptas though.

Some things are just inevitable...