Ubandakanyeka ekwebiweni kwamakhebuli kagesi umphathi wezokuphepha oneminyaka engu-40 ubudala osebenza esiteshini sikagesi i-Eskom Tutuka oboshwe ithimba loKlebe elizinze eSecunda iSerious Organised Crime Investigation izolo ngoLwesithathu, zingama-05 kuNdasa wezi-2025.
Incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa kwakhe yakhishwa futhi kwalandela imigomo waboshwa, okwenza isibalo sabasolwa kulolu daba sifinyelele kwabayisishiyagalombili. Abanye abasolwa abayisikhombisa, okuhlanganisa nomhloli omkhulu wesiteshi sikagesi i-Eskom Tutuka u-Refilwe Motloung, umfowabo kanye nomlamu wakhe baboshwa ngo-Okthoba 2024.
NgoMsombuluko, zingama-30 kuSepthemba 2024, Isikhulu Sezokuthutha Sesifundazwe sasisemsebenzini ebhulohweni lokukala i-Kinross ngesikhathi simisa i-Toyota Hilux double cab bakkie eyayilayishwe izintambo zethusi. Iphoyisa laqondisa imoto esiteshini sebhuloho lokukala, kodwa umshayeli wahamba.
Iphoyisa lomgwaqo lijahe imoto. Kulolu hlelo umshayeli uhlulekile ukuzibamba, imoto yagingqika. Uphenyo lweSerious Organised Crime Investigation yoKlebe eSecunda lubizelwe endaweni yesigameko. Lapho lifika, leli thimba laxoxisana nabesilisa abathathu base-Afrika ababethutha izintambo zethusi, futhi bahluleka ukunikeza incazelo egculisayo. Baboshwa, futhi i-alibi yabo yaholela ekuboshweni komunye wesilisa oneminyaka engu-40 ubudala.
Ithimba lezinhlaka ezahlukene elihlanganisa oKlebe iSerious Organised Crime, Serious Corruption Investigation bonke abazinze eSecunda, Priority Crime Specialized Investigation eMpumalanga, Provincial Traffic Officers, Secunda K9, Local Criminal Record Centre, Charl Cilliers Visible Policing, Evander SAPS, Crime Intelligence, Eskom Security kanye neFidelity Security balandele imininingwane ebaholele epulazini lapho iloli lakwa-Eskom lilahle khona izintambo zethusi. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka uphenyo kutholakale ukuthi izintambo zethusi zikhunyulwe zashiswa. Lapho kuseshwa, kwatholakala ezinye izintambo zethusi.
Ithimba lidlulele esiteshini sikagesi iTutuka Eskom Power, lapho kuthiwa kwebiwe khona izintambo. Imibukiso kanye nebhaki kushaqiwe.
Uphenyo olwengeziwe luveze ukuthi umhloli omkhulu esiteshini sikagesi iTutuka, uRefilwe Motloung, naye uyathinteka. URefilwe waboshwa kamuva. Ukuboshwa kwakhe kwaholela ekuboshweni kukamfowabo nomlamu wakhe.
Umsolwa wesishiyagalombili uboshwe izolo ngoLwesithathu, zingama-05 kuNdasa wezi-2025, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi avele eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseStanderton ngoLwesine, zingama-06 kuNdasa wezi-2025.