Angry residents force entry into Eskom premises
Police and security personnel had their hands full when angry residents forced themselves into the Pieterboth Eskom substation in Springs on Wednesday.
This was where the body of Thembisile Lucia Yende was found on Monday evening.
The mob pushed their way through and ran to the office blocks where her body had been found decomposing.
Angry resident, Maria Nkosi, says they are tired and losing their patience with Eskom refusing to give them answers.
“For the past two weeks we have been waiting for them to tell us what happened to her.
“We knew that she went missing at work because she left home saying she was going to work and her car was found in the parking bay.
“Thirteen days later she was found in her own office and they still have no answers for us,” she says.
Another resident, Nhlahla Mohlala, says they have given Eskom enough time to answer their questions but it has failed to do so.
“The only way they will listen to us is when we take extreme actions and put the building on fire.
“We want to know why her body was only found after 13 days, why wasn’t her office the first place they searched when she was reported missing?
“Why didn’t the sniffer dogs pick-up the smell of her decomposing body when she was supposed to have been there for days?
“We want answers and we are losing our patience, our friend was killed brutally and we want to know how and why.
“We are not going to sweep this matter under the carpet, if it means we have to picket every day for an hour then we will do it,” she says.
The deceased’s brother, Mboneni Yende, says they have only today learned that there are more surveillance cameras inside the building.
“We want to know why all the cameras stopped working the moment she stepped inside the office.
“This shows that my sister was killed by someone who knows the building very well and monitored her movements closely.
“If Eskom continues to ignore us we are going to protest outside their head offices in Sunninghill in Sandton.
“We need answers as a family to find closure, we will not stop until we know how she was killed and the perpetrators are brought to the book,” he says.
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