Staff Reporter.
A coal truck driver and two weighbridge clerks appeared in the Middelburg magistrate’s court on Friday after being arrested for alleged fraud and coal theft.
Eskom said the arrests on Thursday were as a result of information received on August 25 about a truck which was loaded with 34,900kg of coal at New Clydesdale Colliery destined to be delivered at the Majuba power station.
According to Eskom, further investigations found that the truck had never entered the power station on the day in question, and the weighbridge ticket was fraudulently created by two weighbridge clerks.
Both the driver and the two weighbridge clerks were arrested and detained at the Blinkpan Police Station, before being granted R2,000 bail.
They will appear in court again on 6 October.
“Arrests like these demonstrate Eskom’s resolve to work together with the law enforcement agencies to bring the perpetrators to book,” said Botse Sikhwitshi, Acting General Manager for Security at Eskom.
“The arrests are a result of persistent and excellent work by Eskom’s security team, in partnership with the South African Police Service, who are working tirelessly to identify and disrupt the criminal networks.”
Compiled by Lehlohonolo Lehana.