{"id":51127,"date":"2023-11-06T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/welkom-broers-vas-oor-eskom-koperkabel-20231103\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:48:37","slug":"welkom-broers-vas-oor-eskom-koperkabel-20231103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/welkom-broers-vas-oor-eskom-koperkabel-20231103\/","title":{"rendered":"Welkom-broers vas oor Eskom-koperkabel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Twee broers gevang met R650 000 koperkabel<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Die eienaar van die skrootwerf is \u2019n boete van R3 000 opgel\u00ea<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eskom bevestig dit is hulle kabel<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twee broers van Welkom is vir die besit van vermoedelik gesteelde koperkabel ter waarde van R650 000, in hegtenis geneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_e76d4661\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9755\/ff3dbe780c6a49cdb9dbb8591d8038cc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6082a167f5894fce86e5c48fc6d87d5b.jpg\" title=\"Tydens die optrede op di\u00e9 skrootwerf het lede van die Welkom-polisie se ondersoekspan koperkabel ontdek wat hulle vermoed gesteel is. Di\u00e9 vermoede is toe deur \u2019n Eskom-werknemer bevestig en hy het die kabel positief ge\u00efdentifiseer as eiendom van Eskom. Foto: Valke\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Tydens die optrede op di\u00e9 skrootwerf het lede van die Welkom-polisie se ondersoekspan koperkabel ontdek wat hulle vermoed gesteel is. Di\u00e9 vermoede is toe deur \u2019n Eskom-werknemer bevestig en hy het die kabel positief ge\u00efdentifiseer as eiendom van Eskom. Foto: Valke<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die broers (onderskeidelik 33- en 36 jaar oud) is werknemers by \u2019n skrootwerf in Welkom. Deel van hul verantwoordelikheid is om goedere te aanvaar, te weeg en te koop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hulle is op 30 Oktober tydens \u2019n veelsydige operasie wat uit die Welkom se ernstige georganiseerde misdaad-ondersoekspan, die vuurwapens, drank en tweedehandse goedere-ondersoekspan, Eskom en Transnet bestaan het, in hegtenis geneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"InfoBlock\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_8f87b1b7\">\n<div class=\"heading\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">Di\u00e9 ontwrigtende optrede was om persele te deursoek en beslagleggingsbevele uit te voer. Die eienaar van die skrootwerf is \u2019n boete van R3 000 vir die versuim om by die bepalings van die Wet op Tweedehandse Goedere te hou, opgel\u00ea.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Di\u00e9 ontwrigtende optrede was om persele te deursoek en beslagleggingsbevele uit te voer. Die eienaar van die skrootwerf is \u2019n boete van R3 000 vir die versuim om by die bepalings van die Wet op Tweedehandse Goedere te hou, opgel\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tydens die optrede op di\u00e9 skrootwerf het lede van die Welkom-ondersoekspan koperkabel ontdek wat hulle vermoed gesteel is. Di\u00e9 vermoede is toe deur \u2019n Eskom-werknemer bevestig en hy het die kabel positief ge\u00efdentifiseer as eiendom van Eskom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_b5ef62b1\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9755\/2b0549569f084433ba3270dee43c95fb.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/f6b23aea40c148888dec68157ba5e125.jpg\" title=\"Vermoedelik gesteelde koperkabel ter waarde van R650 000 is by \u2019n skrootwerf in Welkom deur die Valke ontdek.Foto: Valke\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Vermoedelik gesteelde koperkabel ter waarde van R650 000 is by \u2019n skrootwerf in Welkom deur die Valke ontdek.Foto: Valke<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die hoof van die Valke in die Vrystaat, gen-maj. Mokgadi Bokaba, het die span wat by hierdie operasie betrokke was, geprys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKabeldiefstal ontwrig kommunikasie, stop die toevoer van elektrisiteit en keer dat noodsaaklike dienste diegene in nood bereik. Dit moet ons kollektiewe verantwoordelikheid wees om hierdie multimiljoenrand-misdaad te beveg,\u201d het sy ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twee broers van Welkom is vir die besit van vermoedelik gesteelde koperkabel ter waarde van R650 000, in hegtenis 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