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2 arrested for cable theft worth R100k in Alex
The City of Johannesburg’s Group Forensic and Investigation Service (GFIS) acted on a tip-off about stolen copper cables on Saturday.
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Former Eskom employee sentenced to 12 years for cable theft
Ziphozonke Ntuli was convicted on two counts of theft in the Middleburg Regional Court on Thursday.
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CT cable thief enters plea agreement
Bonga Joki was slapped with a seven-year sentence on Wednesday, two of which have been suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit the same offence.
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Cable theft persists despite efforts by Metrorail
At least 18 arrests have been over the past several days.
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Eskom cable thieves sentenced to 20 years in jail
A court found Warda Ndira and Malwandi Ncokomvi guilty of damaging essential infrastructure as well as the theft of non-ferrous metals.
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Metrorail crackdown on crime: 2 cable thieves get jail time
Two cable thieves have been sentenced to prison. In one cases, an offender will spend three years in jail.
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Metrorail: 'Conviction rate of CT cable thieves improving significantly'
At least 320 arrests have been made over the last year in the fight against rail-related crime in Cape Town.
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Over 60,000 Gauteng commuters stranded due to cable theft in Soweto
Metrorail services in Naledi have been disrupted after wires were cut and stolen between the Dube and iKhwezi stations.
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Mashaba condemns robbery at Mulbarton substation
The criminals broke into the onsite storage and stole cable and copper cables.
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4 suspects in police custody for alleged cable theft
Metrorail says an increase in security measures along the central line has led to a reduction in cable theft.
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Bonteheuwel residents left with no power following cable theft
A cable was stolen from a local substation which has resulted in power outages in the area.
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Eskom: Cable theft impacts society's most vulnerable
The electricity giant has lost more than R2 billion over the past several years to the scourge.
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Power cuts in Orlando East following cable theft
Eskom says more than 2,400 customers have been left without electricity on Tuesday afternoon. Technicians are on the sites working to fix the problem.
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CT man handed 15 years for cable theft
Abraham Terblanche (33) was bust at Heideveld Train Station along with 10 other men earlier this year.
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Eskom recovers stolen cables worth R5m
It’s understood the material was found in Muldersdrift during a special operation by Eskom’s investigation team and police.
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Eskom welcomes sentences for Midrand cable thieves
The pair took the cable from Eskom's Kaalfontein College substation in January.
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Parts of Emfuleni Municipality without water after cable theft
Authorities say the electric cable used to pump water out to consumers was stolen on Saturday.
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Man in possession of cables worth R500k arrested in Pretoria
A tip-off led officers to Pretoria west where they found a truck carrying the stolen copper on its way to a known second-hand scrap metal dealer.
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Metrorail arrests 14 for cable theft since start of 2018
Metrorail has arrested 14 suspected cable thieves since the start of the year in attempts to clamp down on criminals paralysing its service.
