{"id":43696,"date":"2024-10-09T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/streetlight-vandalism-leaves-mitchells-plain-in-the-dark-as-crime-surges-20241009\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:51:05","slug":"streetlight-vandalism-leaves-mitchells-plain-in-the-dark-as-crime-surges-20241009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/streetlight-vandalism-leaves-mitchells-plain-in-the-dark-as-crime-surges-20241009\/","title":{"rendered":"Streetlight vandalism leaves Mitchells Plain in the dark as crime surges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mitchells Plain is facing rising streetlight vandalism, leading to increased crime and power outages. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Councillor Solomon Philander has urged residents to report suspicious activity and avoid purchasing stolen goods. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The City of Cape Tow calls for community support to stop the cycle of vandalism and theft.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been a notable rise in infrastructure vandalism, contributing to general crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 116 councillor and Subcouncil 12 chair, Solomon Philander, has raised the alarm around the escalation of crime impacting the community with compromised public safety as a result of vandalised street lights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEscalation in crime is evident in our community. When streetlights are vandalised it impacts on the very people who are walking to and from public transport to get to work or health centres in the early hours of the morning and returning home late,\u201d says Philander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The continued vandalism also results in residential properties without electricity for hours or even days as officials battle to restore connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-continued-vandalism\">Continued vandalism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchells Plain is one of the leading areas for streetlight vandalism, the City of Cape Town notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, highlighting the severity of vandalism across the metro, close to 7 000 streetlight-related faults were fixed between Wednesday 14 and Tuesday 27 August in Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu and other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/gangsterism-to-be-tackled-20240930\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gangsterism to be tackled<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy Mayco member Xanthea Limberg described the vandalism at \u201ccrisis-levels\u201d, but says new interventions continue to make communities brighter and safer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe sheer volume of streetlight-related notifications that we are attending to is proof that our interventions are making a real difference despite the crisis-levels of repeated vandalism and theft that cause streetlight outages,\u201d she says in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur additional contracting teams, more security and Energy Safety Team deployments are helping. We urge our customers to be part of the solution and let us know if they see any suspicious activity related to tampering, illegal connections, vandalism and theft of electrical infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-residents-responsibility\">Residents responsibility <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Philander says the cable theft occurs at night and calls on residents to play their part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen will we see these culprits brought to book?\u201cSomewhere there\u2019s a parent that knows his or her child is not in bed in the early hours of the morning,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn other instances people\u2019s properties get broken into and culprits get away with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe very sad reality is, the very stolen goods are bought by people living in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police, under section 38 of the General Law Amendment Act: \u201cAny person who is found in possession of any goods to which there is reasonable suspicion that they have been stolen and is unable to give a satisfactory account of such possession, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to the penalties which may be imposed on a conviction of theft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Property-related crimes such as theft, housebreaking, shoplifting, handbag or cellphone snatching and theft out of a motor vehicle is often how these goods are obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/mitchells-plain-police-stations-are-making-waves-nationally-but-serious-crime-still-looms-large-20240905-3#:~:text=TygerBurger-,Mitchells%20Plain%20police%20stations%20are%20making%20waves%20nationally,serious%20crime%20still%20looms%20large&amp;text=Mitchells%20Plain%20and%20Lentegeur%20police,related%20to%20drugs%20and%20firearms.\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mitchells Plain police stations are making waves nationally, but serious crime still looms large<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philander continues that residents should refrain from purchasing stolen goods, urging caution when being sold items from random persons at your door or intersections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou may think it is a bargain to buy the item, not thinking of the loss of others. 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