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NEWS24WIRE reports that striking Telkom workers have denied involvement in the alleged sabotage of several of the telecom company’s network facilities across the country.
On Thursday, Telkom posted a R500,000 reward “for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the saboteurs", after at least eight of its facilities were attacked on Wednesday in Midrand, Pretoria West, Silverton, Durban, Pinetown, Pietermaritzburg, Makhado and Messina. The reward comes amid a strike by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which allegedly turned violent earlier this week. But CWU president, Clyde Mervin, said the union was not aware of the sabotage of any facilities. He commented: “While we are striking, members are following the law. We went on strike legally. If it is found that any members of the union have been involved in the incidents we will deal with them.” Jacqui O'Sullivan, Telkom Group Executive for Communication, said: “This is not vandalism, the criminals who damaged our property knew what they were doing."
Read this report in full at Engineering News
Read too, Telkom offers R500,000 reward after eight facilities vandalised, at BDLive
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