Cable theft
4 suspects remanded in custody after appearing in court for stolen copper
They appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of tempering and damaging essential infrastructure.
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City Power says latest cable theft in Roodepoort cost over R1m
Over the past four days, technicians have been working to try and fully restore electricity to the area after criminals caused major infrastructure damage.
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Vandalism, land invasions major obstacles to restoring CT's central rail line
Since the Western Cape's busiest line was shut in October last year, the rail system has been exposed to vandalism and cable theft and during the COVID-19 lockdown period, people invaded the railway lines.
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9 suspects arrested in CT for cable theft, illegal electricity connections
On Saturday, the Metal Theft Unit acted on a tip-off and caught three suspects with three metres of electric cable and 13 bundles of copper wire at a house in Westbank.
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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.
