South Africa is set to tackle “mafia” groups that have compromised Eskom’s operations and contributed to nationwide blackouts.
to tackle “mafia” groups that have compromised Eskom’s operations and contributed to nationwide blackouts, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said.
“You’ll begin to see more and more visibly push back in this particular regard from the various authorities,” Gordhan said in an interview. Law-enforcement agencies have identified a “coal mafia” in Mpumalanga — home to one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel-burning power plants — that has infiltrated the structures of legitimate companies and set up parallel operations in illegal mining and coal supplies that have thrived, Gordhan said. That’s resulted in Eskom receiving substandard loads of the fuel, including pieces of metal and rubble that damage its plants, he said.
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