{"id":46027,"date":"2024-06-06T08:25:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T06:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/new-billboards-warn-cable-thieves-20240606\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:50:38","slug":"new-billboards-warn-cable-thieves-20240606","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/new-billboards-warn-cable-thieves-20240606\/","title":{"rendered":"New billboards warn cable thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"p\" id=\"U102140613624uGF\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Don\u2019t steal cable, we will catch you,\u201d reads the stern warning on new billboards in various cable-theft hot spots in the city.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">The billboard campaign was initiated by the City of Cape Town in a bid to fight back against a wave of cable theft, particularly that of street lights.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>The first of these were launched in Langa on 27 May by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, and Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith, with more to follow in the northern suburbs of Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Some initial sites to be flighted in the first phase of the campaign include Eerste River Station, Robert Sobukwe Road in Parow and various sites in the airport vicinity, a City spokesperson informed <em>TygerBurger <\/em>last week.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>The campaign highlights the 12-year prison sentence handed to a metal thief in September 2023 following his arrest by City Law Enforcement\u2019s Metals-theft Unit, also known as the \u201cCopperheads\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\u201cWe are expanding our patrols, actively rewarding the public for helping us and using technology to turn up the heat on metal thieves,\u201d said Hill-Lewis. \u201cThose stealing cable should know that the City\u2019s new Eye-in-the-sky is now watching and recording hot spots, including with infrared cameras at night.\u201d<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"h6\">\n<h3>Copperheads\u2019 successes<\/h3>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">According to Smith City policing operations recovered over 1\u2009700\u2009kg of stolen metal in nine months between July 2023 and March 2024, including over 53\u2009000\u2009metres of stolen cabling. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">He says the Copperheads made 115 arrests, impounded 10 vehicles, issued over 2\u2009380 fines and conducted over 1\u2009700 scrapyard inspections over this period. This, thanks to the public for getting more involved to help combat cable theft. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"h6\">\n<h3>City police responsiveness<\/h3>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">City policing operations have responded to 519 reports of metal theft, 70% more than the previous year.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>\u201cWe appeal to scrapyards, instead of buying the stolen cable, to keep the thief there,\u201d said Smith, \u201cand we will pay them a far greater reward than they would get from selling our stolen cable. The scale of the problem tells us we are not dealing with just small operators, but rather highly organised syndicates targeting our critical infrastructure. The City is throwing many resources at this problem, but we definitely need to see national reforms to turn the screws on the illicit scrap-metal trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">The City is currently repairing and replacing stolen cables and vandalised street lights at a record pace with 1\u2009120 street-light cable replacements in April 2024 alone, according to Beverley van Reenen, Mayco Member for Energy.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>\u201cIn some parts of the City repaired street-light poles are suffering repeat cable theft almost immediately, which is why we need the public to help us catch and convict cable thieves. Working together, we can keep the lights on. 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