Database is being compiled to red-flag companies that may be involved in sabotage or corruption
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER
So serious has the situation become that SA National Defence Force soldiers were deployed at four power stations in Mpumalanga in December to combat what Eskom said is the growing threat of sabotage, theft, vandalism and corruption. “Security is compiling a database of companies and persons to enable the listing/red-flagging of individuals and entities as part of due diligence investigations,” Gordhan said.
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