Eskom employees who were taken hostage in Mabopane have now been released

Eskom employees who were taken hostage in Mabopane have now been released. Eskom said in a statement on Monday night its workers had been held against their will by Morula View residents, who were demanding a mini substation be replaced in their community. The power utility admitted it was facing a shortage of mini substations.

Eskom said they have experienced high incidents of equipment failure due to illegal connections, unauthorised operations on the network, meter bypasses and tampering and infrastructure vandalism. Its workers were safely evacuated by law enforcement agencies overnight.

by Everngelista Muza