Johannesburg’s power utility, City Power , wants the army to help it fight theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure in the city, Sunday TimesThis comes after attempted cable theft ignited a large fire underneath the M1 highway, resulting in large areas of the metro suffering extended power outages.According to the report, City Power CEO Tshifularo Mashava wrote to national police commissioner Fannie Masemola calling for army intervention.
It also threatened the recently relaunched open cycle gas turbine substation nearby. Mashava said R100 million had been spent refurbishing it. Infrastructure vandalism and cable theft have been known problems in Johannesburg and other parts of the country for several years.
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