Eskom sabotage is "hybrid warfare"

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Eskom sabotage is "hybrid warfare"

University of Canberra professor Sascha-Dominik Bachmann and Stellenbosch University lecturer Dries Putter believe that two recent incidents of suspected sabotage at Eskom are examples of “hybrid attacks”.

They define hybrid attacks as using unconventional methods to disrupt and disable an opponent without engaging in open hostilities. Such hybrid warfare is often associated with terrorism.

[Bloomberg]
 
And this is South Africa's biggest issue. We can describe things in the finest detail and the law can identify transgressions... but that's where it ends. We all stand around and look at the turd, smell the turd and taste it before saying "phew, thank goodness we didn't stand in it".
 
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If power stations are all still {?} National Key Points, aren't they supposed to be protected by the police ?

And isn't attacking / damaging / destroying a Key Point an act of treason ?
 
rrh said:
If power stations are all still {?} National Key Points, aren't they supposed to be protected by the police ?

And isn't attacking / damaging / destroying a Key Point an act of treason ?
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I think so and an act of warfare against the state and i would think to set a precedent the maximum punishment should be metered out.
 
rrh said:
If power stations are all still {?} National Key Points, aren't they supposed to be protected by the police ?

And isn't attacking / damaging / destroying a Key Point an act of treason ?
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Laws are a more of a guideline in South Africa and a criminal won't care that a place is a NKP or not. As for the police and intelligence services? As close to useless as you can get. It's Moeletsi was saying on the radio yesterday, the government is failing or has failed.
 
rrh said:
If power stations are all still {?} National Key Points, aren't they supposed to be protected by the police ?

And isn't attacking / damaging / destroying a Key Point an act of treason ?
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National Key Points should be protected by the military.
 
rrh said:
If power stations are all still {?} National Key Points, aren't they supposed to be protected by the police ?

And isn't attacking / damaging / destroying a Key Point an act of treason ?
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They are hoping this new PC term catches on.
These are acts of sabotage, terrorism and treason.
Sadly the morons.... voters, in society will buy into it without a second thought
 
R13... said:
Laws are a more of a guideline in South Africa and a criminal won't care that a place is a NKP or not. As for the police and intelligence services? As close to useless as you can get. It's Moeletsi was saying on the radio yesterday, the government is failing or has failed.
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I agree with you on all points. That said, my thinking was that, as a NKP, Eskom could use this approach to light a fire under the broad backsides of both the-cat-with-a-hat and his minions & the NPA.
 
The ANC is still fighting the past. Only difference now is they are fighting themselves.
 
rrh said:
Exactly !
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The problem is not people from the outside doing the sabotage. It is all being done inside by workers themselves. I am all for deploying the military. All must be armed and 1 soldier for 1 employee. If the employee is suspected of sabotage, the soldier must have the right to use the necessary violence to end the threat. Even if it was a mistake, there should be no consequence for the soldier.
 
rvZA said:
The problem is not people from the outside doing the sabotage. It is all being done inside by workers themselves. I am all for deploying the military. All must be armed and 1 soldier for 1 employee. If the employee is suspected of sabotage, the soldier must have the right to use the necessary violence to end the threat. Even if it was a mistake, there should be no consequence for the soldier.
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But you do realise this is a civilised country and not some dictatorship in Central or West Africa , right?
 
TheChamp said:
But you do realise this is a civilised country and not some dictatorship in Central or West Africa , right?
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Civilized? Really?

Did the ANC government not recently announce in court that they needed to restrict the population from using alcohol during Covid? They did fall short in calling them uncivilized but used a range of other descriptions to point to it. And the courts agreed.

In a civilized nation this would not be needed. Bring on the military.
 
rvZA said:
The problem is not people from the outside doing the sabotage. It is all being done inside by workers themselves. I am all for deploying the military. All must be armed and 1 soldier for 1 employee. If the employee is suspected of sabotage, the soldier must have the right to use the necessary violence to end the threat. Even if it was a mistake, there should be no consequence for the soldier.
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Yeah that retarded idea would work so damn well with out military who kill people for drinking in their yard.
 
One considerable motive for a variety of actors in South Africa is its position as the eighth largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Eskom alone is emitting two-fifths of South Africa’s greenhouse gases.

One potential originator of the attack could be eco activists who might want to destabilise the power grid. Attacks on the power utility could be used to bolster the growing national and international call for carbon free energy production.

Another potential originator of the attack could be those pursuing the considerable commercial interests at stake in the growing renewable energy market in South Africa and internationally. For example, a country like China, which is the largest solar panels manufacturer, would benefit tremendously from a flourishing renewable energy market in South Africa following the destabilisation of Eskom.
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Oh look more experts without a clue. Wtf do they dig these folk up? Some junk sale?
 
rvZA said:
The problem is not people from the outside doing the sabotage. It is all being done inside by workers themselves. I am all for deploying the military. All must be armed and 1 soldier for 1 employee. If the employee is suspected of sabotage, the soldier must have the right to use the necessary violence to end the threat. Even if it was a mistake, there should be no consequence for the soldier.
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Shame you started off so well.
 
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