JOHANNESBURG - Eskom is making some headway in rooting out corruption.
This follows the arrest of 9 people at the Kusile Power Station for alleged theft of coal and fraud.
Those arrested include 8 weighbridge operators employed by Eskom Rotek Industries and a coal truck driver.
It’s alleged that coal hauliers would bypass Kusile Power Station without offloading the ordered coal.
Investigations revealed that the weighbridge operators would process transactions without the coal haulier having entered the power station to offload the coal.
Kusile Power Station would, however, be invoiced for the coal ordered but not received.
The theft of coal is a highly organised criminal activity.
More arrests are expected.