Cable theft
Cabinet urges South Africans to be more vocal about cable theft on railway lines
The country has been battling ongoing vandalism on public infrastructure for some time now.
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4 men arrested for theft of railway infrastructure in Gauteng and Mpumalanga
Last Friday, a man was arrested in the Pretoria area in an operation involving the SAPS, the passenger rail agency, Telkom and Tshwane metro police officials while three men were arrested in Mpumalanga in a separate operation.
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Criminals continue targeting Gauteng rail infrastructure amid COVID-19 pandemic
Eyewitness News has received complaints of metal railway lines, overhead cables, and other items being taken from local stations and lines.
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Eskom, City Power concerned about growing trend of cable theft in Gauteng
The broad use of copper has increased the value of the metal, enticing criminals and scrapyards to illegally obtain it.
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City Power expects to fully restore electricity to Alexander on Thursday
Thousands of residents have been left without power after a fire destroyed a switching sub-station overnight.
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Alleged cable thieves must be charged with economic sabotage - Mbalula
Police seized the aluminium cables in the North West earlier this week.
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Four arrested for cable theft in Cape Town
Patrol officers pounced on a bucket shop in Khayelitsha on Tuesday.
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City Power to work with scrap metal dealers to tackle cable theft, vandalism
The power utility said at least 25 suspects were arrested for various crimes including cable theft and illegal connections during the lockdown period.
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City Power: About 25 people arrested for cable theft, vandalism during lockdown
The power utility on Tuesday said there had been an increase in vandalism to its infrastructure across Johannesburg.
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Mbalula calls for harsher charges for copper cable thieves
This after three people were due in the dock on Monday morning after they were caught with more than R2.6 million worth of copper stolen from South Africa’s railway lines.
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Prasa employee, 2 others in court for R2m cable theft
Prasa spokesperson Makhosini Mgitywa said that large amounts of copper were being ripped up and transported to Mozambique and India, costing the South African economy a fortune.
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Eskom worker, scrap metal dealer arrested for cable theft worth over R280k
Eskom’s senior manager for maintenance and operations in Gauteng, Motlhabane Ramashi, said copper cable theft cost the power utility between R5 billion and R7 billion a year.
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2 Hanover Park women arrested for possession of stolen cable
The City of Cape Town's Metal Theft and Rail Enforcement Units responded to a tip-off on Friday morning.
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Over 3km of stolen railway cable recovered in less than a week
On Wednesday, 600 metres of overhead cable was seized in Heideveld just hours after a suspected cable thief was electrocuted near Bonteheuwel.
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Suspected cable thief electrocuted at Netreg train station
Law enforcement officials rushed to the scene on Sunday after receiving a tip-off.
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‘Don’t try or you will fry’, City Power warns cable thieves
City power says cases of cable theft are on the rise in Johannesburg and has urged residents to be cautious.
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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.
