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MAHALA! IT’S FRE
E!
TAKE ON E VOL.7 ISSUE #2
14-21 FEBRUARY 2020
“House of CRIME!!!”
SHALIMAR RIDGE PROTESTS! P4
MBALULA VISITS MULTI-MILLION RAND ILLEGAL OPERATION IN RATANDA!
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula, local politicians, police and the community stand outside the house where PRASA copper cables were being melted and sold.
“PHELA KA SETŠOANTŠO SA MADIBA”
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BEFORE
Hundreds of stripped copper cables are stored at a warehouse then transported to the Ratanda extension 23 house for melting.
The Passenger Rail Association of South Africa, PRASA, has indeed suffered a hefty cost from the discovery of an illegal melting factory wherein stolen equipment worth over R2 million was discovered. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula visited the Ratanda extension 23 house turned into copper-melting factory for PRASA equipment on Sunday
AFTER
Finished copper blocks stored at a PRASA warehouse in Heidelberg.
afternoon, February 9. Three suspects, including a PRASA employee, were arrested and are still on trial. Speaking to the media and the community outside the house, minister Mbalula says the joint efforts of the police, PRASA security and the community must be commended. “This is a house of crime! These copper cables are meant to connect the railway network.
Criminals steal this and bring it to this house in loads, melted and packaged nicely so it can be sold,” he said. The minister said the suspects must be charged with pure economic sabotage. “This is not mere theft. This act brings the whole economy into a standstill, workplaces come to a standstill and households suffer,” he said. STORY CONTINUES INSIDE
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