Telkom offers reward to find saboteurs
Telkom has increased its reward to R1 million to catch saboteurs who damage Telkom networks.
TELKOM has increased its reward to R1 million to catch saboteurs who damage Telkom networks.
On Friday, August 26, Telkom announced it had increased its reward to up to R1 million for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of saboteurs targeting Telkom facilities and its infrastructure around the country.
Since the commencement of the strike by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) almost five weeks ago, Telkom has experienced an increase in acts of sabotage on its network, especially in Gauteng, Limpopo and the KZN provinces.
According to them, this has had a dire impact on customers, whose services have been interrupted. They say that over 60 of their Street Distribution Cabinets (SDCs) have been damaged in the past few weeks and fibre and copper cables cut.
While most of their infrastructure has now been fixed, their technicians are working around the clock to ensure that those that remain broken are brought back on stream.
“We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience caused by this sabotage. We want to address issues of cable theft, sabotage and damage to our network once and for all.
“A number of investigations have already been launched into these acts of sabotage, and we expect to be able to announce a number of arrests shortly. However, we wish to call upon all members of the public and our own employees, who have any information or may know the identity of these criminals, to contact the Telkom crime reporting line on 0800 124 000 and become eligible for a cash reward,” says Gugulethu Maqetuka, Telkom executive: group communication.
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