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News24 reports that three City Power employees were among a group who were allegedly caught red-handed stealing copper brazing rods worth R20,000 from a City Power office on Sunday.
Five people aged between 32 and 49 were arrested when a sting operation led security teams to the entity's Reuven Service Delivery Centre, in Booysens, Joburg. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said security risk management officials, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, received a tip-off regarding suspicious activity at one of their offices. "During the course of the arrest, one suspect, who is among three City Power employees, fled from the scene. He was apprehended on Monday, 05 August," Mangena said. The suspects will face charges of theft. Mangena said the challenge of copper cable theft and vandalism was, in part, enabled by those who were working within the organisation, so forcing City Power to tightened its internal control measures. According to City Power, in the previous financial year, a total of 132 people were arrested on various charges linked to theft and vandalism, with some of those being employees. In that period, 19 people were convicted to a cumulative prison sentence of 163 years. Part of that of prison sentence (48 years) was wholly suspended. City Power lost over R160 million in vandalism and cable theft in the 2023/2024 financial year.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Noxolo Sibiya at News24
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