Telkom offers R1-m reward
Telkom is offering a reward of up to R1m for information that may lead to the arrest of those responsible for sabotaging its facilities across the country.
TELKOM announced on Friday, 26 August, it has 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 5 weeks ago, Telkom has experienced an increase in acts of sabotage on its network, especially in Gauteng, Limpopo and KZN.
This has had a dire impact on customers, whose services have been interrupted. “Over 60 of our Street Distribution Cabinets (SDCs) have been damaged in the past few weeks and fibre and copper cables cut. While most of our infrastructure has now been fixed, our technicians are working around the clock to ensure that those that have not yet been repaired are brought back to stream,” said Gugulethu Maqetuka of Telkom.
“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 Telkom expects to be able to announce a number of arrests shortly. However, we wish to call upon 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 award.
