Cable theft in South Africa
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- All municipalities across South Africa are powerless as Billions of Rands of copper infrastructure is stolen, then exported into the international market.
In the face of absent legislation, authorities can do very little to nothing to stop the copper flow.
But at the bottom of South Africa, the municipality of Cape Town is leading the battle and fighting back.
After having established divisions in Law Enforcement, the Metal Theft Unit and the Energy Unit are both on the frontlines.
Heading up the Energy Directorate, Alderman Xanthea Limberg explains their initiatives.
The only solution is to completely ban scrap copper sales, what the thugs get for the stolen copper is peanuts compared to what it costs to replace the cables. What will it cost to replace the stolen railway cables, just think about it? The government has to ban it.
Can't ban copper scrap. You have no clue, do you? It's a RECYCLABLE product, like all most metals. Japan has one of the largest recycle industries for precious metals that are again used in new electronics and consumer goods.
@@psylentrage what do you mean I don't have a clue? Use your thinker please. Copper theft is the problem because it is causing serious damage to the countries infrastructure and is costing the country billions to replace but the stolen copper is sold for a pittance. Other scrap metals are not such a serious problem, just copper is. We cannot compare with the Japanese, they don't go around destroying their countries infrastructure to steal copper. Well we have to do something, if banning is not the solution then law enforcement must be more strict and heavier sentences for the culprits.
@@psylentrageI have more clue than you, do you even know the pennies Copper scrap is sold for in relation to what it costs you and me as taxpayers and ordinary households to replace it. I say pennies because in relation to the billions we have to spend it is so. Those bastards sell it for R50 to R 100, just an example and it cost the householder R 2000., does that sound OK to you? Are you one of the buyers by the way.?
I agree 💯, but as he says the problem is these scrap metal Merchants, you will never stop 🛑 it
@@eisbeinGermany then they have go after the scrap metal merchants in a harder way.
We would phone the police while the guys are stealing. They would come and “arrest” them, drive a view blocks and release them again. Not an hour, and they will be back doing exactly the same thing. Then there will be no police vans or cars available.
This is why I keep on repeating myself 😄😹 again, show me a honest policeman politician judge magistrate lawyer
The city should hold the scrapyards accountable for buying stole copper
yes please do aspecily in Kraaifontein
100%. Its not rocket science. Switch off for those who do not pay
Your problem is the policeman take bribes from the owners
Law Enforcement is hopeless. We have an area that has been allocated to burn cable.....we can't do anything about it..... SAPS and Law Enforcement drive pass..if you phone they give a reference number only to close it an hour later. We have fires going everyday.....The scrapyard operate 24/7....and it's allowed.
It is because the policeman are in on it, they get bribed by the second hand dealers
Thank you for all the wonderful people on this planet who try to make this place a better place.❤
A proof of ownership must be produced by anyone who sells crap metal
How must EVERYONE prove where they got the bag of empty tins from?
@@psylentragea very good answer 👍
They are supposed to, all pawnshops and steel Merchants have a red government ledger 📒📒 which must be filled in with every sale done ✅✅
Name surname and 🆔,but your problem is the policeman who takes bribes
@@psylentrage street lights and railway infrastructure are not connected by tins except in your world
@@mzoxolomdiza2649 I see my comment went right over your head and you are too sensitive (or maybe too prejudiced?)
WHERE MUST A VAGRANT THAT COLLECTS TINS, ETC., GET THE PAPER WORK FOR THE TRASH THEY SORT????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Is there anything that is not getting stolen in this country just one thing
😂 yes 👍👍 there is something not being stolen, have you heard any ANC cadres that have been taken hostage 😂😂😂😂
Why not
As they are in on the human trafficking
Ja als kyk die nuus😊😂😂😂
@@johanvermeulen3629 funny 🤣🤣 there is still oxygen left in South Africa 🤣🤣🤣 as they are stealing everything
@@marlondaniels3114 😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯💯 do you get post letter ✉️✉️
Please close the scrapyards😠
Cant as many street people collect scrap for a living. Copper scrap must be banned unless sold by a plumber as many old geysers have copper
Its simple, Close all Scrap Metal Places...find another Way to despose of Scrap
Metal is one of the easiest things to recycle. Your idea has no merit, sorry
What about the owners of the scrapyards
They bribe the police 🚓🚓🚨 o to look other way, people don't know a registered ®️ second hand dealer has a government book or ledger 📒 📒 📒, it's red,📚 he must fill in every sale done with name surname copy of 🆔 number and a copy of 🆔,but it's not done
I saw docu Large amouts of copper going to china the scrapyards make lots of money reselling the copper to bigger sellers.
🎉 yes that is the reason why, China is the biggest problem in the world,not even Islam is such a big problem as China is,they do everything cheap, they buy all the scrap metal, look how much iron ore get railed per day to Saldana bay and on 🚢🚢 to China to think during apartheid regime year's how big Iscor Vekor was with making own steel
Scrapyards must be raided and highly regulated.
They must be closed just like in Kenya no scrapyard at all
Could you consider solar lighting solutions for the higher masts to reduce the need for cabling? Also consider adding anti climbing spikes to reduce the theft risk. Keep up the positive interventions.
They steal again the solar panel,
Eskom technician are involved deeply with this issue
Yes those same Eskom workers at involved,same as the policeman who take bribes from scrap metal Merchants
All happened under the rulership of the ANC.5 Years when these breakdown of our infra structures.the ANC turned a blind eye😢😢😮😮
Come on JP, no seller is going to hang around a scrapyard while you call the cops and wait for them to arrive! The buyer should rather take a mugshot, a photo of his ID and vehicle reg number. No ID no deal.
Just put the opening of the concrete street pole at the top and not at the bottum,just put it to thr test only.
Agree 💯💯, but it not going to be easy
In Johannesburg it's the norm.
Close all scrap business. End of stolen cables
It will never work, what will you do with all the other scrap metal, there must be second hand steel Merchants, your problem lies with dishonest policeman who takes bribes
How can we report it??? When they do it at the night 2am and 4 am coz your law enforcement police never works during the night. There are no patrol cars at night. And they dig where the ground is soft ... .......The best thing is too cement where they lay the cables.. many of the cable in mitchells plain are under the concrete
floors and impossible to dig out. But those electric poles wire are just half a metre under sand. They just use spades ... So tar or cement the middle island where the wires are running. Thanks
Heaven forbid if the learn that i have not been using my geyser now for 4 years😢😮.my geyser started giving problems when they ripped my water meter to sell for scrap.😢😮
Thank you
Crime committed by foreigners south Africans were not cable thieves
Kasongo yeye mumbali nanga,😂😂😂😂
What is new?
In.Pmburg the same
All scrap yards should be closed down!
What do you do with all the scrap metal laying around,it must get remelted, but policeman taking bribes is the problem
Dom😊
@@johanvermeulen3629 some people don't understand there's daily thousands of ton's of scrap metal laying around
Wy cant they not catch the scrab dealers
They even leave the trenches open for you to replace, so thoughtful of them.
Don't replace the cables, donate money to The Ocean Cleanup or something.
My cable has been cut from the pole to my home I thought I was dreaming this morning
Only in SA🎉
Sellers MUST have a valid RSA ID and possibly a proof of residence and/or a bank account, like apparently the likes of Cash Crusaders need now when you BUY something from them and SELL to them.
MTU 🫡🫡🎖🎖👌🏻👌🏻
Foreigners
Kasongo
Ja julle het gestem vir die nuwe suidafrika 😂