Power plant inspectors live in fear after getting threats

Department of employment and labour inspectors assigned to inspect contractors linked to two Eskom power stations are living in fear as they receive death threats and are ordered to halt their inspections.

- Masoka Dube

The employees allege the threats started in August, when they were about to begin with the overall assessment at Duva and Kusile power stations in the Mpumalanga Highveld.

One inspector, who asked not to be named fearing reprisal, told The Citizen the intimidation started soon after the provincial office cancelled their appointment without informing them.

"When we asked why the appointments were cancelled, we did not get answers."

"In the same week, I started receiving messages informing me that I must stop asking too much about the cancelled inspections," he said.

"When I checked with my colleagues, they also told me the same thing.