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TMG Digital reports that telecoms company Telkom said on Sunday that the "spike in sabotage" that affected about 13,200 of its customers was related to "industrial action" by the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
"These are not random acts of vandalism or incidents of cable theft. These people know where to go and what to do to wreak maximum damage. This is in-house‚" said Telkom spokesperson Jacqui O’Sullivan. She said that although fewer than 870 CWU members were on strike on Friday, “this thuggish behaviour has now had a significant impact on many residential and business customers". Telkom last week announced a R500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the saboteurs. Telkom and the CWU were due to hold talks on Monday in a bid to end a four-week strike.
- Read this report in full at BDLive
- See too, Telkom sabotage causes outages impacting thousands of users, at mybroadband
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