Newtown is one of the cable theft hotspots in Johannesburg. On Thursday night, two armed security officers contracted to City Power were patrolling when they were ambushed by unknown gunmen. The security guards were shot and killed.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena explains, “The security officers had just completed a task of escorting a City Power truck transporting tons and tons of the burned copper cables from Inner-city underground tunnels fire to the utility’s Salvage Yard at the head office in Booysens. The officers stopped at Carr Street near the double-decker highway to inspect a kiosk often burgled and used to gain entry into the tunnels.
“The recent killings and attacks on our security shows how brazen and dangerous the cable thieves are. This is an organised crime, committed not by an ordinary person, or nyaope boys. It’s getting very dangerous with heavily armed and it is not the first time our security has been attacked and shot at. There are many cases recently and even Eskom security in Klipspruit where five of them were shot and killed because they were trying to steal cables.
. Even smaller businesses and those working from home. This financial year, we have lost about R19 million, the previous year it was R16 million.” He says they have beefed up security as cable theft is responsible for most of the power outages in the City.
CityPowerJhb did you know that guards guarding the cable between Eikenhof and Naturena, don’t have a guard house or protective gear or guns to protect your cable? You sent them out here to be killed.
But where is secuty in South Africa to do its job? We can't start by pointing a thief. Do we have enough security and what example do they do with the few arrested so that is not repeated?
That's because, they have been doing the same thing for many years (predictable), except for people to provide electricity for themselves (izinyoka)
CityofJoburgZA we need armed drones now bomb this sons of b*tches!!
Malema's brothers.
Eyooh, it is rough in SA
CityofJoburgZA Such MORONS , why don't you BAN scrapyards ? why ? All infrastructure are in ruin becz of metal scrapyards . TO HELL WITH ANC and THEIR foreigners .
CityofJoburgZA They must let all forces to guard these hotspots
CityofJoburgZA CyrilRamaphosa Julius_S_Malema MmusiMaimane LindiMazibuko EFFSouthAfrica GwenNgwenya You see how dangerous these illegal foreigners have become? Moreover they no longer steal copper at night they dig at daylight while in front of people. SA is a failed state
CityofJoburgZA 54Battalion will say its not illegal immagrants delusional😏😏
Foreigners are hell bend in destroying this country, but you guys in the media are protecting
We all know is Zim n Lesotho nationals it was documented on cutting edge
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