Eskom employees who were taken hostage in Mabopane have now been released.
The utility on Monday night said its workers were being held against their will by Morula View residents who were demanding a mini substation be replaced in their community.
The parastatal conceded it was facing a shortage of mini substations and said it was experiencing high incidents of equipment failure due to illegal connections, tampering, and infrastructure vandalism.
Its workers were safely evacuated by law enforcement agencies overnight.
The hostage situation follows the community’s demands for a mini-substation replacement. Eskom has experienced high incidents of equipment failure due to illegal connections, unauthorised operations on the network, meter bypasses and tampering and infrastructure vandalism.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) September 13, 2021
-EWN
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