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western-cape

Illegal cables connections becomes rampant in Cape Town

City Power
News

City Power prohibits digging during LOADSHEDDING to curb vandalism

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis
News

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis

Illegal cables connection.
Cape Town

Illegal cables connections becomes rampant in Cape Town

City Power
News

City Power prohibits digging during LOADSHEDDING to curb vandalism

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis
News

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis

City Power employee among arre
News

City Power employee among arrested in cable theft crackdown

By Siso Naile07-08-2023 21:22

According to City Power, the trio was taken into custody on separate occasions, with arrests taking place in Alexandra and Booysens.

Watch Cable theft in Johannesburg has led to blackouts video
News

WATCH: Cable theft in Johannesburg led to blackouts [VIDEO]

By Ramadhani Kusaga27-07-2023 09:30

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Cable theft in Johannesburg has led to blackouts after two men were electrocuted.

City Power
Gauteng

City Power cracks down on metal scrapyards in Joburg

By Siso Naile10-07-2023 19:21

City Power says during the 2022/23 financial year, over 2000 cable theft incidents were recorded, resulting in approximately 278 arrests.

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News

WATCH: Four cable theft suspects nabbed [VIDEO]

By Ramadhani Kusaga23-06-2023 08:20

Watch news in a minute for a summary of All four cable theft suspects, who attempted to escape, were reportedly arrested Story.

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis
News

Cable theft suspects nabbed getting away

By Siso Naile22-06-2023 22:34

All four cable theft suspects, who attempted to escape, were reportedly arrested and held at Alberton Police Station.

Suspects
News

Suspects caught red-handed stealing optical fibre cables

By Siso Naile03-06-2023 09:43

Three male suspects were arrested by the JMPD Operations officers for the theft of Optical Fibre, south of Johannesburg.

Patriotic Alliance
News

Patriotic Alliance leadership foils burning of Maputo cable thieves

By Siso Naile23-05-2023 23:02

Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie ‘happy’ over his party intervention but stands for MASS deportation of illegal foreigners.

suspect
News

Suspect busted in possession of City Power cable in Soweto

By Siso Naile17-05-2023 22:35

When questioned, the suspect alleged that he is a City Power subcontractor and he further alluded that his wife is a City Power employee.

Eskom
News

Cat and mouse game: Eskom disconnects, culprits reconnect immediately

By Siso Naile09-05-2023 23:06

Eskom and municipalities remove illegal connections every day, however, they are reconnected within an hour in most cases.

Tshwane
Gauteng

Tshwane police patrol after theft and vandalism

By Keliah Daniels14-04-2023 14:59

The City of Tshwane said that theft and vandalism played a role in the power outages that residents experienced after the pylons collapsed.

City Power contractor
Gauteng

City Power workers ARRESTED for cable theft

By Keliah Daniels02-04-2023 18:28

City Power spokesperson says internal disciplinary action will be taken against the employee, and the contractors will be fired.

JMPD has nabbed five suspects, including a City Power official after they tried stealing an electrical transformer in Hillbrow
News

City Power Official caught trying to steal transformer

By Sinothando Siyolo01-04-2023 12:05

JMPD has nabbed five suspects, including a City Power official after they tried stealing an electrical transformer in Hillbrow

Suspect
KwaZulu-Natal

Suspect caught red-handed stealing overhead electrical cables

By Siso Naile15-03-2023 21:41

A report of a theft in progress on Kentucky Drive in Durban North, led to the arrest of a suspect caught stealing copper cables.

copper
News

Suspect arrested for copper cable theft

By Michelle Swart05-03-2023 05:33

Police came upon a group of men loading copper cables and aluminum into a vehicle – they managed to catch one suspect after they fled on foot

suspects arrested cable theft
News

Three suspects arrested for stolen cables at four substations

By Virginia Keppler-Young20-02-2023 11:22

Three suspects are behind bars for cable theft at four substations in the east of Johannesburg.

Cable thieves reportedly demaged an electricity pole outside Justice and Correctional Minister Ronald Lamola's home in Pretoria.
News

Thieves damage electricity pole outside Minister Lamola’s home

By Sinothando Siyolo09-02-2023 18:11

Cable thieves reportedly demaged an electricity pole outside Justice and Correctional Minister Ronald Lamola’s home in Pretoria.

cables
News

Suspects too busy stealing cables to notice police watching them

By Michelle Swart25-01-2023 07:23

Three suspects were so busy with steaming cables that they didn’t notice police watching them engrossed in their criminal activities

Suspect
Gauteng

Suspect arrested for breaking into a substation

By Siso Naile15-01-2023 23:25

A suspect was apprehended for breaking into a substation in Alberton, instead of being submissive, he fought the arresting officer

Copper
Gauteng

Copper thieves steal 10 metre ICU Oxygen pipe in State hospital

By Siso Naile20-12-2022 22:55

Copper thieves almost cost the lives of patients after they stole a 10 metre Intensive Care Unit (ICU) oxygen pipe at Baragwanath

Buffalo City Metro
Eastern Cape

Buffalo City Metro slams scrapyard dealer

By Siso Naile18-10-2022 21:09

The Buffalo City Metro has slammed a scrapyard business outside East London for buying cables from cable thieves

Cable thief afriforum caught
News

Instant karma! Pretoria cable thief arrested after hand gets STUCK

By Tom Head15-09-2022 12:39

Here we have a ‘not-so-smooth criminal’. This suspected cable thief in Pretoria got himself into a humiliating predicament last night…

Sowet power cuts
News

Vaal power cuts: Updates and schedule for 15 September 2022

By Lisa Greyson15-09-2022 10:59

Get rolling updates and news of the Vaal power cuts and load shedding/reduction schedules for areas across South Africa.

thieves, municipal official, two arrested, Durban, KZN, metro police, Margaret Mncadi Avenue, eThekwini Municipality, brazen thieves, stealing in broad daylight
KwaZulu-Natal

Brazen cable thieves arrested on busy Durban road

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty31-08-2022 10:36

Two brazen cable thieves were arrested by Metro Police officers in the Durban CBD after a municipal official witnessed the crime.

City of Tshwane
Gauteng

City of Tshwane: R400k worth of stolen electrical infrastructure seized

By Nokwanda Ncwane21-07-2022 16:51

The City of Tshwane disconnected 800 illegal connections and removed stolen electrical infrastructure worth an estimated R500 000.

cable thief electricity box
News

Cable thief busted stealing electricity box locks

By Siso Naile20-07-2022 21:03

A cable thief found with locks from an electricity box and suspect found with car breaking equipment at municipal offices were arrested

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