Cable thieves targeted neighbourhoods in Pretoria Moot this past week, leaving households without electricity for days.
The areas worst affected are Rietfontein, Gezina, Capital Park and Wonderboom South.
Lately, cable thieves have turned their focus to overhead power cables.
They presumably throw a rope over the cable linking a pole and a house. Then the rope is fastened to a vehicle with which it is pulled down.
The Tshwane Metro has only two mobile cranes servicing the Moot, so, it takes longer to do repairs.
Many residents do not have the financial capacity to invest in solar panels or generators and are forced to throw away perishable foodstuffs after incidents of cable theft left them without electricity.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) encourages residents to be vigilant and immediately contact the police if they observe any suspicious activities.
Syndicates are busy destroying the Metro’s power infrastructure and everyone has to work together to put a stop to it.
