{"id":46406,"date":"2024-02-28T12:52:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/ban-on-copper-exports-extended-20240227-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:54:50","slug":"ban-on-copper-exports-extended-20240227-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/ban-on-copper-exports-extended-20240227-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cable thieves strike again, leaving Pearly Beach residents in the dark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/146dec432afa41539ea82e305c225555.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cable thieves have struck again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After <em>Hermanus Times<\/em> reported how cable theft left people in the dark (\u201cIn the dark\u201d, 21 February 2024), residents of Pearly Beach once again were left without electricity after thugs stole electricity cables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThugs once again vandalised and stole the Pearly Beach electricity cable in the early hours of 23 February,\u201d said Dean O\u2019Neill, Municipal Manager of Overstrand Municipality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApproximately 60 m of the copper cable was stolen, with an estimated damage of R66 000.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to O\u2019Neill vandalism and theft are a crime and ultimately cost ratepayers money. Vandalism also results in communities being deprived of services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <em>Hermanus Times<\/em> reader mentioned that the problem is the persons or the chop shops purchasing the stolen material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2022 the government imposed a six-month ban on the export of scrap and waste metal as well as most ferrous scrap as part of the first phase of a three-phase intervention designed to combat the rampant theft of metals used in public infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Phase 2, a licensing system will be put in place for all copper trading in South Africa and sellers of copper waste and scrap metal will need to register under the Second-Hand Goods Act (SHGA), once amended to cater for the policy change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Phase 3 the government will consider amendments to existing legislation, or the passing of new legislation, to create a dedicated metal trading licensing regime. 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