cable theft

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    Joburg electrical network rerouting will cost R23 million after M1 bridge fire

    Joburg electrical network rerouting will cost R23 million after M1 bridge fire City Power's Charles Tlouane says it will cost roughly R23 million to reroute interconnector cables from the Fordsburg substation to Braamfontein after a fire under the M1 highway knocked out power to several parts...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    South African train operators driving "blind"

    South African train operators driving "blind" Rampant cable theft has damaged South Africa's railway signalling systems to the extent that train operators are effectively forced to operate "blindly", necessitating frequent stops at railway transfer stations and manual phone-ins to avoid train...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Plan to attack illegal connections and copper theft

    Plan to attack illegal connections and copper theft Law enforcement entities, including the South African Police Service (Saps), are planning an illegal connection "attack" they believe could cut up to two stages of load-shedding as part of a broader operation cracking down on crimes against...
  5. Jan

    City Power seeing 10 cable theft incidents per day

    Cable thieves raking in money while South Africa bleeds Cable thieves rob South Africa's power providers blind, stealing millions of rands worth of copper cabling each year, and increased load-shedding has only worsened the situation. During an interview with 702, City Power security and risk...
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    • cable theft city power department of trade and industry (dti) ebrahim patel sergeant thela
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Thieves sentenced four years after stealing over half a tonne of cable

    Thieves sentenced four years after stealing over half a tonne of cable Eskom has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of three cable thieves, who stole at least 564kg of the power utility’s aluminium overhead conductor cable. According to Eskom, Bafana Masilela, Antonio Munyathi and Gutu...
  7. Jan

    Eskom being robbed blind

    People are stealing Eskom dry Unscrupulous Eskom staff and contractors are stealing the state-owned power utility dry, and cable theft forces it to spend about R2 billion every year replacing stolen cables. An Eskom spokesperson told MyBroadband that the utility also tracks cable theft...
  8. Jan

    City Power spent R100 million protecting copper cables from thieves this in a year

    City Power's fight against cable crime — R100 million spent in a year City Power is intensifying its security deployments at cable theft hotspots across Johannesburg as incidents are increasing at an alarming rate. The power utility is also looking to implement new technologies when laying...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • cable theft city of johannesburg (coj) city power eskom johannesburg metro police department (jmpd) michael sun south african police service (saps)
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Copper cable thieves get taught at own "schools"

    Copper cable thieves get taught at own "schools" Criminal syndicates run their own sophisticated "schools" to train thieves to steal copper cables and metal in South Africa. That is according to Rens Bindeman, a technical advisor from the South African Revenue Protection Association (Sarpa)...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA missing out on commodity price boom thanks to damaged Transnet railways

    SA missing out on commodity price boom thanks to damaged Transnet railways South Africa is missing out on some of the riches on offer from the commodities boom as a rail network beset by problems hobbles its exports. While coal prices recently soared to a record and iron ore is historically...
  11. Jan

    Cable theft task team arrest 28 thieves in 9 months - three convicted

    Shocking cable theft arrest and conviction statistics in South Africa A multidisciplinary task team established to fight cable theft has arrested 28 thieves since its inception, and only three have been sentenced to jail time. "Two accused were found guilty and both sentenced to three years...
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    • Thread
    • andré de ruyter bheki cele cable theft eskom national prosecuting authority (npa)
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Jan

    Frogfoot explains Eastern Cape outages

    Photos of fibre cable destruction that caused major outage Two double cable breaks on Frogfoot’s fibre network caused major connectivity problems for Eastern Cape coastal cities and towns during November. Speaking to MyBroadband about the incidents, Frogfoot sales and marketing head Shane...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • cable theft fibre cable frogfoot shane chorley vox telecom
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. Jan

    Over 1,000km Transnet rail copper cable stolen in 2021

    Copper cable chaos⁠ — 3km stolen every day Over 1,000km of Transnet's rail copper cable has been stolen in 2021. The company is now considering a complete switch from diesel-electric to diesel-only locomotives.
  14. Jan

    MTN spending R150 million on replacing stolen and vandalised equipment in KZN

    R150 million on replacing stolen and vandalised MTN equipment in KwaZulu-Natal MTN will invest over R500 million in its network in KwaZulu-Natal following the violence and looting that erupted in parts of the province during July. It will also provide R10 million in support to over 1,000 spaza...
  15. Jan

    Mini-substation worth R500,000 stolen a day after it was installed at a school

    R500,000 mini-substation stolen one day after being installed Johannesburg's City Power has appealed to the Fleurhof community in Roodepoort for information after thieves stole a mini-substation worth half a million rand one day after it was installed. The mini-substation was snatched on...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cape Town cable thieves busted thanks to large CCTV network

    Cape Town cable thieves busted thanks to large CCTV network The City of Cape Town announced that its metro police department has made 100 arrests in five months for crimes that were first picked up on its extensive CCTV camera network. Among these, eight people were arrested for cable theft...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    High Court sentences 5 cable thieves to combined 1,250 years prison term

    High Court sentences 5 cable thieves to combined 1,250 years prison term The Cape Town High Court on 12 February 2021 sentenced five cable thieves for fifty counts of copper cable theft-related charges. The sentences, which were detailed by Eskom in a recent statement, carried a cumulative...
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    Brazen cable theft is hurting South Africa

    Brazen cable theft is hurting South Africa The theft of copper cables remains a widespread problem in South Africa, resulting in service outages for ADSL customers as well as power outages for many citizens. Thieves have also become increasingly brazen, stealing from substations and...
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    Massive ADSL cable theft in Mitchells Plain

    Massive ADSL cable theft in Mitchells Plain Openserve has reported a major incident of copper cable theft in Eisleben Road, Portland in the Mitchells Plain area. The company said that on 12 December 2019, multiple cables of varying lengths were stolen in the area.
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    The Fightback Against Cable Theft

    Good insert from Carte Blanche on how law enforcement is now able fight back on cable theft.
  21. R

    BAAAAAAD telecoms in this country

    This has been an bad week for telecoms. At home - telephone line down. Fortunately ADSL still works. After calling Telkom several times, got a reference number and after 4 days NO progress. At work - Telkom lines stolen. No phones, no ADSL. As an emergency procedure, go to the local mall &...
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