power stations under attack?

[KM02]

As received from Kloof CPF....
For any areas in Kloof that have just gone out.
Massive explosion/fire seen over Nazereth. Huge portion of upper highway is out.
Could be the same substation that blew again.
I will keep you posted.

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There is a main cable near the substation that was vandalized outside our area. There is no repair time available. (De Deur, Midvaal area)

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Eldorado Park substation fire an act of sabotage – Mpho Phalatse
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south...t-of-sabotage/

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Good evening Brigadier.
*SUCCESS REPORT*

📍Vanderbijlpark

CAS ###/04/2022

*UNITS INVOLVED*
🚔 Vanderbijlpark SAPS Task Team
🚔 Vanderbijlpark Detectives
🚔 Emfuleni Investigation Team

On Tuesday 2022 April 19th, we were called by D/Sgt M#### and she informed us that, she is investigating a case of Tempering with Infrastructure as per Vanderbijlpark CAS ###/04/2022.

This is where the substation at Currie Boulevard was "bombed" in the early hours of the 15th of April 2022.

We followed information and it led to the arrest of a security officer that was on duty during the incident , we then went on to arrest the lady who dropped the suspects at the scene, and one adult African male who is the tenant of the security officer.

There's two outstanding suspects.

*DETENTION*
1. SAPS 14/###/04/2022
2. SAPS 14/###/04/2022
3. SAPS 14/###/04/2022

Thank you Brigadier.

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Cable thieves in south africa armed with ak47s killing security guards
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energ...ty-guards.html

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Two city power guards killed in Newtown cable theft ambush
https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/...7-0493d32de42d

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JOBURG CITY CENTRE PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS AFTER OUTAGE AT FORDSBURG SUBSTATION (due to fire)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/ewn.co....ion-outage/amp

[MSW2]

Two more substations in Vdbp that might also have been given the same treatment just before the long weekend. Same area, same timeframe, ...

[driepootx]

Substation in Unitaspark X1 vandalized on 10 April 2022 and transformer had to be replaced. Left us without power for 2 days. Poor maintenance on the transformers have also caused many a problem. Illegal connections also create overload situations. The whole electrical system is in a very poor state all over the Vaal. The "electricians" do not have the necessary skills to ensure a proper working system.

[Paul]

Yeah... let's not look for a great criminal conspiracy where corruption and incompetence is the more likely cause.

[ady]

Substation in Unitaspark X1 vandalized on 10 April 2022 and transformer had to be replaced. Left us without power for 2 days. Poor maintenance on the transformers have also caused many a problem. Illegal connections also create overload situations. The whole electrical system is in a very poor state all over the Vaal. The "electricians" do not have the necessary skills to ensure a proper working system.

The same all over the country. My parents live in a small town in the EC. The municipal electricians don't know how to change a light bulb. The one techie was a petrol attendant at Caltex. They literally don't have a roll of insulation tape in their store. When there is a fault, they have to get technicians from elsewhere to make the repair.

[oafpatroll]

Yeah... let's not look for a great criminal conspiracy where corruption and incompetence is the more likely cause.

I wouldn't discount organised sabotage. Where the ANC is involved there is a criminal conspiracy by definition. They are more gang than functioning government and the gang is at war with itself. Last year's 'spontaneous outbreak' of anger at the treatment of the ex Capo at the hands of the Con Court provides a template of the damage the factions are prepared to do to the country in furtherance of their aims. The incompetence and general corruption are just dingleberry cherries on top of the shit cake.

[Paul]

The incompetence and general corruption are just dingleberry cherries on top of the shit cake.

Love yer work, bro

[oafpatroll]

The same all over the country. My parents live in a small town in the EC. The municipal electricians don't know how to change a light bulb. The one techie was a petrol attendant at Caltex. They literally don't have a roll of insulation tape in their store. When there is a fault, they have to get technicians from elsewhere to make the repair.

We had a 4 day outage. It was resolved when a 50 something year old guy arrived from some distant part of the city, entered the substation building and reset the breakers. I shit you not. I watched him do it and chatted to him afterwards. He said that resetting breakers was a big part of his job. Eskom has 40+ thousand very expensive staff but a critical shortage of the skills required to identify and reset breakers. That's progress.

[Paul]

When Lynette's best friend from school left for NZ about 10 years ago - she was GM Operations for Joburg Water - she told us to invest in Jojo tanks.

We have a significant investment in Jojo tanks... and solar panels and Lithium batteries... and precious metals such as lead and brass.

[oafpatroll]

Ja, if 13 years of more or less organised power blackouts in tandem with massive price increases hasn't convinced you of the fact that the ANC and it's deployees are incapable of running first world infrastructure then the inevitable collapse of the water supply should do it.