Eskom tackles sabotage as it searches for new chief executive

Eskom has started vetting contractors and employees after multiple complaints of sabotage at its power plants while the search for a new chief executive continues.

Eskom said it had been faced with multiple incidents of contractors colluding with Eskom employees to sabotage plants so that they can do the repair work and extend their contracts with the utility.

The collusion has caused the utility to implement rolling outages to give the contractors time for repair work.