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TimesLive reports that a City Power employee faces disciplinary action while two of its contractors were fired after they were allegedly caught committing crimes against the entity.
The three were among six arrested on Thursday and Friday across the city for cable and equipment theft and vandalism. The first incident happened in Hillbrow on Thursday night. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said: “City Power's security risk management team received an anonymous tip-off that five suspects were attempting to steal a transformer. The suspects were caught in the act and taken in by law enforcement agencies for processing at the Hillbrow police station. In this incident, one suspect was found to be a City Power contractor and one is a City Power employee. Two trucks and a bakkie bearing City Power logos have been taken in by the police.” Another City Power contractor was caught on video on Friday reportedly removing 20 metres of copper cable and replacing it with an ABC cable in Witpoortjie. He too was arrested. City Power CEO Tshifularo Mashava, said: “City Power’s business operations are continuously negatively affected by essential infrastructure crimes, with the entity losing about R4bn across the city from cable and equipment theft and vandalism, every year. These crimes further contribute to delayed service delivery to residents.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khanyisile Ngcobo at TimesLive
- Lees ook, City Power-werkers vas wat kabels, transformator steel, by Maroela Media
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