City Power employee arrested for cable theft: A City Power employee is among three suspects arrested this week for cable theft and vandalism.
On Wednesday, the City Power infrastructure task team conducted a joint operation with Alexandra and Bramley police, the Johannesburg metropolitan police department and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa at numerous scrap metal yards in Bramley to curb the scourge of cable theft.
Two suspects aged between 30 and 50 were arrested at one of the scrap metal yards and were found in possession of about 100kg of copper cables belonging to City Power. On Thursday, the Johannesburg electricity utility’s security risk management team arrested an official working at the Reuven service delivery centre for stealing various types of cables, including service cables.
He said the team followed the trail of a suspect caught on CCTV cameras on July 1 loading cables from an evidence locker at the Reuven Complex.“A case of cable theft was opened at the Booysens police station and the suspect was arrested and has been remanded in custody after he appeared in court today [Friday],” he said.
“We welcome these arrests which will serve as a deterrent to would-be cable thieves. We have never ruled out the involvement of some of our employees and contractors in crimes relating to infrastructure such as cable theft and vandalism,” said City Power CEO Tshifularo Mashava.Mashava commended the work done by their partners in the security cluster and communities who have joined hands to curb the scourge of cable theft and vandalism.
“We call on scrap metal yard owners to work with us and not against us in this fight against the sale of copper cables”, she said.
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