City Power appeals for law and order to intervene underground

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Power utility, City Power has appealed to law enforcement agencies in the city of Joburg and the province to assist with ridding the city of illegal Zama-Zamas who are being accused of stripping and stealing valuable underground infrastructure, including copper cables. On Monday, City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena revealed that the city has been experiencing an overwhelming increase in illegal activities underground which he revealed as the biggest source of the recent outages affecting the inner city and the surrounding areas. Mangena said the call for increased levels of law enforcement has been heightened by the incident over the weekend in which a gun battle between City Power security officials and illegal miners. During the gun battle one security official was reported injured while two of the miners were fatally shot dead by the City Power security officials. It was reported that other criminals managed to vanish into the dark alleys underground. Phemelo speaks to City Power Head of Risk and Security, Sergeant Thela.
21 Jan 3PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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