{"id":44856,"date":"2022-10-13T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/thieves-bring-darkness-to-lwandle-20221013\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:04:11","slug":"thieves-bring-darkness-to-lwandle-20221013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/thieves-bring-darkness-to-lwandle-20221013\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves bring darkness to Lwandle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the nation continues to grapple rolling blackouts, Lwandle residents are facing a different struggle \u2013 the theft of electricity cables into their homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, loadshedding offers criminals an opportunity to steal cables into homes and this was even higher during the previous bout of loadshedding, which saw the country hitting Stage six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 34 homes were permanently left without electricity after thieves stole the cables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lwandle Police Station commander Col Xolani Williams said they find themselves in a dilemma as they had to register so many cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf five houses are attached in one pole, do you mean now all those individuals must come to open a case at the police station? There\u2019s an Economic Infrastructure Task Team deployed in our area and it is looking at the reported cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williams said thieves were thinking ahead and pounced a lot during loadshedding. \u201cOne of the challenges we have is that we don\u2019t know where are these cables sold. So, we need the community itself to stand up because in some cases the culprits are known,\u201d he said.Williams called for communities to intensify patrols to assist in the problem as they are the ones that suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To try and deal with the situation, a meeting between Ward 86 councillor Xolani Diniso, along with Lwandle police and the SA National Civics Organisation (Sanco) was held at eMaholweni on Thursday 6 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ward 86 councillor Xolani Diniso speaking to eMaholweni residents in Lwandle about cable theft on Thursday 6 October. INSERT: One of the electricity cables stolen in Lwandle. PHOTOs: SUPPLIED<\/div>\n
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During the meeting, residents committed to form patrols to protect and take responsibility of the local infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mnoneleli Lengoasa, Ward 86 Sanco treasurer, said they called the meeting to \u201cplead\u201d with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the local structure we pleaded for our communities\u2019 intervention after noticing this crisis. We want communities to take their roles and ensure there\u2019s no vandalism and theft of property that helps them in our community,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want communities to form patrol structures so that we protect our infrastructure as at the end of the day we are the ones that feel the pinch. Our communities have showed willingness to protect what is theirs, and that pleases us,\u201d said Lengoasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diniso said \u201cenough is enough\u201d. \u201cAs the community we need to ensure that we protect the municipal infrastructure such as the electricity cables. The community will not progress if it allows such incidents to occur unabated as we had experience over 30 houses being targeted by criminals in September alone,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said they have now also initiated patrols and Sanco was also to engage local scrapyards that were said to be problematic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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