Breaking news! Steel stolen from Eskom electricity pylons on Main Reef Road. Main Reef is next to Florida in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
If this video is correct a #disaster is waiting to happen in the coming windy months. @MYANC @CyrilRamaphosa pic.twitter.com/N0IuJqax26
— JG (Johan) van Zyl ✍ (@JGvanZyl_ZA) August 29, 2019
Eskom technicians were repairing electricity pylons on Main Reef Road in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon after thieves stole steel components from the towers.
On Thursday, videos emerged on twitter, showing the pylons with missing parts.
Pylons apparently being dismantled on Main Reef road JHB for scrap metal. 🤬 pic.twitter.com/I91gh7pwSM
— Whyatt Earp (@WhyattEarp4sure) August 29, 2019
In a statement released on Friday, Eskom said it was replacing the stolen “tower members and damaged lattice towers with mono-poles as part of phasing out the infrastructure that is prone to theft”.
The power utility said pylons were often vandalised, causing the structures’ collapse.
“This does not only compromise the integrity of the network but also causes prolonged power supply interruptions affecting customers and further posing a serious risk to the public.”
Eskom said it had increased inspections of infrastructure in high-risk areas but was unable to do so on a 24-hour basis.
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Source: eNCA
