Infrastructure vandalism takes place in different forms, but there is no justification for this act as it negatively affects communities.
Illegal connections are one form of infrastructure vandalism as the illegal connections affect the pressure in the pipelines, leading to some areas of the community, especially the high-lying areas, not receiving much needed water supplies.
We must never condone such acts as they are taking us backwards and infringe people’s basic human rights. The other act of infrastructure vandalism that is most prevalent nowadays is the stripping of water infrastructure to sell as scrap metals. These acts of criminality are having a major negative impact on water and sanitation infrastructure.
These criminals are also aided by load shedding as they get the opportunity to vandalise our infrastructure during the dark hours. These vandals or brazen criminals are costing the country big time as the infrastructure they steal must be replaced and this costs money and time and affects human lives. Cable theft is a major challenge and it affects all aspects of life.
Cable theft means electricity supply is affected and this leaves water and sanitation treatment works non-functional. This is a major problem as it leaves people without water and also leads to the pollution of water resources due to malfunctioning waste water treatment works.
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