Eskom criticises NPA over slow sabotage case progress - spends R3.2 billion on private security

[Jan]

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 National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) over the slow pace of prosecution for alleged sabotage cases at the power utility.

 

[r00igev@@r]

That is a lot of fart detectors!

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Simple solution.
Step 1 - shoot criminal
Step 2 - bury body
Step 3 - repeat

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

Simple solution.
Step 1 - shoot criminal
Step 2 - bury body
Step 3 - repeat

This is Eskom.

Step 1 - shoot criminal
Step 2 - burn* body
Step 3 - repeat
Step 4 - less loadshedding

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

This is Eskom.

Step 1 - shoot criminal
Step 2 - burn* body
Step 3 - repeat
Step 4 - less loadshedding

Yea that is better. I'm sure they could get at least a kW or 2 burning a corpse

 

[HartsockZA]

3.2 billion rand, and there is still theft and sabotage occurring. GG

 

[Azure 12]

 

[Jam Sandwich]

2024 ANC Election Poster sneak peak...(Sponsored by KFC...)

 

[system32]

Seems awfully expensive (R3.2b) if they only able to catch 2 coal trucks drives, a supervisor, an oil thief, a janitor for stealing toilet paper.. in a year.

Probably cheaper to just pay R1.6b to thieves to NOT steal.

 

[LCBXX]

The ask is for the NPA to pursue ANC-sanctioned electricity saboteurs, whilst kingpins Zuma and Shaik are frolicking around KZN.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Seems awfully expensive (R3.2b) if they only able to catch 2 coal trucks drives, a supervisor, an oil thief, a janitor for stealing toilet paper.. in a year.

Probably cheaper to just pay R1.6b to thieves to NOT steal.

For all we know, the R3.2bn is well worth it, and this lot are quietly preventing a whole heap ton more sabotage.. (granted I know thats bullshyte, and some of them are involved in it)

 

[grok]

Seems awfully expensive (R3.2b) if they only able to catch 2 coal trucks drives, a supervisor, an oil thief, a janitor for stealing toilet paper.. in a year.

Probably cheaper to just pay R1.6b to thieves to NOT steal.

Plus there is precedent for that.

Remember when Mandela asked the crimbo to stop for the duration of the world cup so as to not cause a bad perception with tourists?

Also remember the group that wanted to give Zuma R1billion to just kindly fo and stop ruining the country and further?

Somehow I doubt it will work tho, there's as much the desire to exact political control or **** up the workings of this country to make it ungovernable as the desire to gain financially.

 

[JamesBoy]

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

How about they reveal what these senior execs do to make them so valuable to protect?

I'll wait...once we've had zero load shedding for a minimum of three consecutive weeks.

 

[borro]

 

[Mekon]

Gawd this place is a fukkup. An cANCer created fukkup

 

[ConfusedR]

3.2 billion rand, and there is still theft and sabotage occurring. GG

Of course. Cadres supporting cadres

 

[ConfusedR]

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Correct. We do not love the ANC

 

[system32]

For all we know, the R3.2bn is well worth it, and this lot are quietly preventing a whole heap ton more sabotage.. (granted I know thats bullshyte, and some of them are involved in it)

True.
This is what happened to PRASA when "Mr Fixit" cancelled security:


The issues is that they only catching a few small fry.

Brian Molefe has still not paid back the R10 million, says Eskom's pension fund​

see https://www.news24.com/fin24/compan...k-the-money-says-eskoms-pension-fund-20220907

Matshela Koko still running around free
see https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/n...d-on-charges-related-to-the-looting-of-eskom/

 

[Medres]

The ask is for the NPA to pursue ANC-sanctioned electricity saboteurs, whilst kingpins Zuma and Shaik are frolicking around KZN.

But they are terminally ill remember, can throw old and weak men in jail, the golf course and a fire pool is the best way to handle them.

 

[RonSwanson]

Gawd this place is a fukkup. An cANCer created fukkup

That's true. SAPS and NPA are Transformed bu AA and pulled through their BEE backsides.