Zoutpansberger 4 November 2022

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damage is discovered in a town already crippled by a water crisis. However, these thieves seem to A reward of R10 000 is being offered to be getting more brazen by the day, with reports anyone with information that will lead to the that one of these suspected water-meter thieves arrest and successful conviction of those rewas caught in broad daylight on Monday in sponsible for the current spate of water-meter Kruger Street. thefts in Louis Trichardt, the likes of which The reward is being offered via a donation have never been seen before. by business owners in Louis Trichardt to the Over the last two or three months, an estimat- Vhembe Rural Safety Committee (VRSC), who ed 1 000 meters have been stolen outside homes is working closely with the Makhado SAPS and and businesses in Louis Trichardt, sometimes the Vhembe District Municipality on the matter. three of four a night. The lure is that these me“Our biggest problem is that we don’t know who ters are brass meters that fetch a pretty penny on are buying these meters. There has to be a very the scrap-metal market. lucrative market for them, otherwise they won’t The thefts mostly occur during the evening steal them,” said VRSC chairman Mr Renier when residents are sleeping. In the proses, Fourie. millions of litres of water go to waste, until the Fourie said that they needed to catch the By Andries van Zyl

buyer, most probably a local scrap-metal dealer. Having said this, he excluded local dealers whom they had met with about the issue and who do things by the book. “The scrap-metal dealer(s) buying these are those who are operating outside the law,” said Fourie. Fourie stated that the current water-meter thefts were not opportunistic crimes but probably the work of an organised syndicate. One of the frustrations they are dealing with is that when they arrest a suspect, they will find that suspect back on the street a day of two later. “We will have to address this issue with the local Justice Department. We do all the work, and the culprits remain on the street,” said Fourie. The reward being offered is to aid the Makhado SAPS in their relentless efforts to bring the

culprits to book. The person placed in charge to lead the hunt is Lt Col Ronald Tinyani. Col Tinyani said on Tuesday that they had received more than 20 cases the past week. He added that he had spoken to the local Crime Prevention Unit commander to liaise with local scrap-metal dealers to not even attempt to buy these meters and create a market for these thieves. Rumour also has it that the culprits actually melt down the brass water meters before selling them. Questions about the impact that these thefts have on the service delivery of the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) were sent through on Monday morning, but at the time of our going to press, they remained unanswered. (Contd on P2)

Close to 1000 water meters have been reported stolen outside homes and businesses in Louis Trichardt the past two or three months and a reward of R10 000 is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and successful conviction of those responsible. Photos supplied.

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