Despite the SANDF not having any powers to arrest these suspects, there has been significant progress in reducing crime since deployment began in December last year.
Political analyst Andre Duvenhage said that he agreed with outgoing CEO Andre de Ruyter about a lack of political will to act against acts of sabotage at Eskom.
President Cyril Ramaphosa s office announced the deployment of troops at four of Eskom s power stations at the weekend. The deployment was meant to prevent the sabotage of the utility s infrastructure, allegedly by Eskom workers.