Net opgeskorte tronkstraf . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andr\u00e9 Truter, die burgemeester van die Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit (SBM) wat al baie jare lank by misdaadbekamping in Saldanha betrokke is, s\u00ea hy is baie teleurgesteld oor die ligte vonnis wat \u2019n kabeldief verlede week in die Vredenburg-landdroshof opgel\u00ea is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Truter is baie bewusmaking in die gebied gedoen met betrekking tot samewerking tussen die gemeenskap, munisipale wetstoepassers en die polisie om die reuseprobleem van kabeldiefstal en die vandalisering van belangrike infrastruktuur hok te slaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truter s\u00ea \u2019n inwoner van Diazville in Saldanha het hom op 25 September verlede jaar gekontak omdat sy na \u2019n openbare toespraak van hom, waarin hy die gebied se inwoners aangemoedig het om verantwoordelikheid vir hul eie dorpe te neem, geluister het. Sy het Truter daardie dag geskakel en ges\u00ea sy is bewus van koperkabeldiefstal en weet ook waar die skuldige hom dalk bevind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truter het die owerhede na die adres gestuur en hulle het \u2019n man gekry wat besig was om \u2019n vermoedelik gesteelde koperkabel in \u2019n nuwe dubbelkajuit-bakkie te laai. Die man is op die plek in hegtenis geneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 veroordeelde kabeldief het verlede Maandag (27 Junie) vyf jaar opgeskorte tronkstraf ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truter s\u00ea hy is baie ontevrede met die vonnis aangesien dit \u2019n sterk boodskap aan boosdoeners stuur dat vandalisme nie in \u2019n ernstige lig gesien word nie en ook nie swaar gestraf sal word nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die burgemeester was die finansi\u00eble skade weens die vandalisering van munisipale infrastruktuur oor die afgelope vier jaar \u2019n skokkende R45 miljoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWat kon ons nie alles met hierdie geld gedoen het as ons dit nie moes bestee om infrastruktuur te vervang nie?\u201d vra hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDis onaanvaarbaar dat belastingbetalersgeld aanhoudend gebruik moet word om infrastruktuur te herstel of te vervang.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea vanjaar is die eerste keer dat die munisipaliteit genoodsaak was om te wag dat die nuwe boekjaar op 1 Julie in werking tree voordat straatligte reggemaak kon word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie begroting was heeltemal uitgeput en dis ongehoord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir hom is dit \u2019n aanduiding van hoe drasties hierdie soort misdaad in die gebied toegeneem het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truter s\u00ea dit is noodsaaklik dat straatligte altyd aan is aangesien donkerte \u2019n groot gevaar vir inwoners inhou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMense moet in die donker huis toe stap. Hulle word beroof en vroue word verkrag omdat die misdadigers hulle in die donkerte inwag en maklik n\u00e1 die misdaad kan vlug.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die burgemeester het dit onder sy aandag gekom dat vandale se sake uit die hof gegooi word omdat, volgens die departement van justisie, die sake glo nie goed deur die polisie ondersoek is nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daarna is baie moeite gedoen om die polisie, buurtwagte en munisipale wetstoepassers se hande te vat om seker te maak almal werk saam en weet hoe om iemand ingevolge die wet op tweedehandse goedere en infrastruktuur aan te kla sodat die skuldiges nie weens administratiewe rompslomp of tegniese punte in die hof skotvry van hul misdrywe afkom nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het sulke goeie samewerking van die polisie gekry en ons kan werklik s\u00ea die ondersoek van die Diazville-geval is puik gedoen. Nou lyk dit of die probleem by die hof l\u00ea.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truter wil \u2019n skrywe aan Reagen Allen, die Wes-Kaapse provinsiale minister van gemeenskapsveiligheid en polisie-toesig, rig om te versoek dat die saak hersien en \u2019n swaarder straf oorweeg word. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Net opgeskorte tronkstraf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":56886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeoplespost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_eb_attr":"","_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"f1d6bd30-2224-474e-bcb8-42375fbf2fcb","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Trish Goosen","background_color":"","block_editor":"","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-56884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n