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The Star reports that Eskom has been sharply rebuked by Thembisile Yende’s family for what they believe is the power utility’s inaction over finding their loved one. They suspect foul play in the handling of her death.
This comes after Yende’s decomposed body was discovered late on Monday in her office at the Eskom substation where she worked as an engineering assistant, almost two weeks after she had been reported missing. Yende went missing on 17 May after routinely leaving her Springs home for work in her company-issued vehicle. Her body was found with her head covered in a black plastic bag after Eskom employees noticed a bad smell. Yende’s younger brother, Sihle Yende, went with his brother Jabu to the plant to search for his sister, but they were not allowed to go inside her office. Yende’s partner Paseka Modise questioned why the security cameras were not working, considering that Yende worked alone. Meanwhile, Thembisile’s older brother Mboneni slammed Eskom for not contacting the family for the two weeks his sister had been missing, and for not offering the family grief counselling after the body was found.
- Read this report by Khaya Koko in full at The Star
- See too, Family of Eskom employee Yende suspect her death was inside job, at SABC News
- And also, Family of Eskom’s Thembisile Yende's rules out suicide reports, at News24
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