LETTER: Boulder-sized Eskom problem
Ignoring a disaster waiting to happen is par for the course in SA
24 March 2021 - 15:32
Something happened a few years ago on a remote Free State farm. Something small, even trivial, but the ensuing saga was not. A boulder of about 30 tonnes rolled down a mountain slope and lodged against the steel stay cable attached to a wooden Eskom pylon.
We have all seen these pylons threading through the country: to balance the weight of the electrical conductors, there is a stay cable on both sides of the pylon...
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