Nelson Mandela Bay Nelson Mandela Bay metro will brand electrical cables in bid to foil rampant theft 2 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
Nelson Mandela Bay Eight suspects arrested for vandalism, cable theft in one night 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Heroes rally to save patients after cable thieves plunge Eastern Cape hospital into darkness for five days 4 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick News Nelson Mandela Bay metro takes steps against six officials over R10m copper cable scandal 2 min 7 By Estelle Ellis
DM168 Nelson Mandela Bay businesses ‘adopt’ substations help to keep the lights on 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Business Maverick Ermelo court delivers harsh sentence to cable thief as infrastructure crimes continue to rise 2 min 2 By Lisakanya Venna
Maverick News Western Cape town ‘held to ransom’ by cable theft syndicate counts health, economic costs of blackouts 5 min 4 By Steve Kretzmann
Maverick News Dead in their tracks — three of four Shosholoza Meyl train routes halted indefinitely 3 min 6 By Sandiso Phaliso
Maverick News Intelligence operation nets 15 cable theft suspects, including City Power workers 2 min 2 By Bheki C. Simelane
Maverick News Eskom contract worker nabbed for copper cable theft at Mpumalanga power plant 2 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
Maverick News Vandals and thieves are stripping Gauteng’s infrastructure at an alarming rate 4 min 5 By Bheki C. Simelane
Maverick News Parts of Johannesburg CBD in the dark after fire in inner-city tunnels 3 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
Our Burning Planet Alexandra residents rejoice as informal settlement finally gets power supply through microgrid project 6 min 3 By Julia Evans
Maverick News While vandalism and cable theft continue, Prasa makes progress in restoring rail services 3 min 12 By Bheki C. Simelane
Business Maverick Surface raids increase while Sibanye beats back underground crime 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
DM168 Baba Biblos Lebona and his ‘task team’ guard their Eskom substation against cable theft, 24/7 — without pay 3 min 10 By Thom Pierce
Maverick News Nelson Mandela Bay mayor suspects ‘strategic’ cable theft as ‘act of sabotage’ after weekend without power 2 min 1 By Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
Maverick Citizen Nelson Mandela Bay mayor offers R20,000 reward after cable ‘sabotage’ causes extensive electricity outages 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Security concerns mount at Gauteng hospitals amid ongoing reports of cable theft 9 min 0 By Thabo Molelekwa for Spotlight
South Africa Johannesburg plans a two-stage reduction of Eskom power cuts by buying more private power, starting in October 3 min 14 By Ferial Haffajee
