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The Temba wastewater treatment works incurred damage worth about R400,000 due to two incidents of cable theft and vandalism of panels this week, the City of Tshwane said on Thursday.
A City of Ekurhuleni employee was one of three people arrested in a truck carrying stolen electrical cable worth about R1.2m in Alberton on Tuesday.
An alleged cable theft suspect was taken to hospital after he caught on fire while trying to steal cables.
KZN police say two suspects had a hard time explaining to compliance inspectors how R3 million in Eskom and Prasa copper cables landed in their hands.
A total of 3 003 cable theft suspects were apprehended from July 2017 to December 2023, with 523 successful convictions.