Despite contingency measures, businesses in Nelson Mandela Bay reported losing R1-billion a month in the first six months of 2023 due to rolling blackouts.
Calls for action against informal and illegal scrap metal dealers have increased as petty thieves become more brazen, stealing anything they can sell for a quick buck.
-Edited by Bev Mortimer- Two young men, aged 28 and 27, were sentenced in the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court to 10 years’ imprisonment for tampering with electricity cables. Last year in July the SAPS Algoa Park received info from the community about suspects busy digging up electricity cables in Old Uitenhage Road, Missionvale. The two accused,…