Deploying the SANDF to help protect Eskom’s assets is 'too little, too late'

Instead of patrolling neighbourhoods, the army should have been protecting power stations during lockdown, says energy expert Lungile Mashele

20 December 2022 - 13:32

The deployment of a full-time, combat-ready army to Eskom’s power stations is “too late” and makes no sense, say experts...

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