BRITS POS – HARTBEESPOORT – “Hartbeespoort residents continue to suffer extended electricity blackouts,” says Erna Rossouw, DA Councillor Madibeng Local Municipality and continues, “if residents and businesses are not dumped in the dark by Eskom’s load-shedding, then it is due to criminals stealing electricity cables, but also finds it the ideal time for house burglaries. “Last week 30 meters of electricity cable were stolen around the Ifafi Substation, the fourth such incident in recent weeks.
“The DA in the Madibeng Local Municipality wrote to the Acting Municipal Manager, James Mashigo, to implement measures to secure electricity substations throughout Madibeng. We have also written to the Hartbeespoort Acting Station Commander, Col Eric Brand, requesting increased police visibility at cable theft hot-spots and electricity substations throughout town.
“More must be done to prevent cable theft, through visible policing and securing critical electricity infrastructure. And where these crimes do take place, they should be properly investigated to ensure successful arrests and prosecution.”
- Cllr Erna Rossouw - DA Councillor, Madibeng Local Municipality
