https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Copper|SECURITY|Service|Transnet|Infrastructure|Cables|Operations
Copper|SECURITY|Service|Transnet|Infrastructure|Cables|Operations
copper|security|service|transnet|infrastructure|cables|operations

Transnet welcomes sentencing of criminals who stole copper cables

17th November 2022

By: Simone Liedtke

Creamer Media Social Media Editor & Senior Writer

     

Font size: - +

State-owned entity Transnet has welcomed the sentencing by the Belfast Magistrates Court earlier this week of three criminals who stole contact wire (copper cables) belonging to Transnet in October 2021.

This confirms that Transnet’s interventions, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies and security service providers, are yielding results, the entity said on November 17.

The three, who were arrested near Wonderfontein railway line, in Mpumalanga, where 67 m of Transnet overhead cables were cut and stolen, were found guilty and each sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for damaging and tampering with essential infrastructure.

The individuals were found to not only have contravened the Criminal Matters Amendment Act but to have also violated immigration laws. The Criminal Matters Amendment Act provides for harsher and lengthier sentences for those found to have tampered with essential infrastructure.

Transnet on Thursday said the convictions should also “serve as a warning against tampering with essential infrastructure and sabotaging Transnet’s operations and the economy of the country”.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

 

Showroom

M and J Mining
M and J Mining

M and J Mining are leading suppliers of physical support systems as used by the underground mining industry. Our selection of products are not...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Yale Lifting Solutions
Yale Lifting Solutions

Yale Lifting Solutions is a leading supplier of lifting and material handling equipment in Southern Africa. Yale offers a wide range of quality...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (26/04/2024)
26th April 2024 By: Martin Creamer
Magazine cover image
Magazine round up | 26 April 2024
26th April 2024

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.12 0.191s - 184pq - 6rq
Subscribe Now