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ESKOM’S CEO André de Ruyter says unidentified individuals last week sabotaged the power utility by cutting supporting steel pylons on the main distribution lines feeding electricity to the coal conveyor belts at Lethabo Power Station. “There is no sign of corrosion… There is clear evidence that there was some cutting instrument involved,” he said. He added what further raised suspicion that this was “a deliberate act of sabotage” was the fact that nothing was stolen after the pylon was cut. He said Eskom would have run out of coal at the power station for up to six hours. |