Ntokozo Khumalo6 December 2024 | 12:45

Ekurhuleni residents left in the dark following cable theft

Friday morning another case was reported in an area that was also targeted a week ago.

Ekurhuleni residents left in the dark following cable theft

Some of the copper cables recovered in a raid on a scrap yard on 17 September 2024. Picture: @CityPowerJhb/X

JOHANNESBURG - Rampant cable theft in Gosforth Park, Ekurhuleni has left residents in the dark for more than a week.

On Friday, another case was reported in an area that was recently targeted a week ago.

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Ekurhuleni MMC for energy Mzayifani Ngwenya said the vandalism of municipal infrastructure is increasingly becoming a thorny issue.

"So even that area we flagged it, that area on its own, because now it's for the second time that this cable has been stolen."