The City of Cape Town said that it has seen a slight increase of vandalism of its electricity infrastructure in some areas in the city.
It added that the estimated
damage to infrastructure, for April, will cost the City R2, 4 million to repair
and replace. According to Mayoral committee member for Energy, Councillor
Beverley van Reenen while been downward trend in vandalism, theft and illegal
connections in parts of the city. Data has shown that areas like Atlantis and
Helderberg have shown an increase.
The City stated that in the first three months
of this year the Metal Theft Unit (MTU)arrested 54 suspects, issued just over 2
000 fines, recovered hundreds of kilograms of infrastructure belonging to the
City, Eskom, Telkom and other entities. 561 inspections was conducted in
scrapyards, resulting in 95 warning notices issued and 29 facilities closed.
by Everngelista Muza
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