Moeketsi Mamane
An Eastern Cape businessman has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for illegally circumventing Eskom power supply to a block of flats he owns in Mount Frere.
The Mount Frere Regional Court sentenced 34-year-old Sandile Andres Ntombela on Tuesday.
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Ntombela and his business entity, Zamdela Pty Ltd, were convicted of theft and fraud.
The Hawks said in a statement that it proved that Ntombela was responsible for illegal power connections since 2018 at the flats he owned in Badisana in Mount Frere.
He continuously tampered with the power utility's infrastructure. As a result, Eskom lost more than R178 000, Hawks spokesperson Captain Yoliswa Mgolodela said.