ON THE RIGHT TRACK Transnet’s annual loss narrows significantly, but ‘we have a long way to go’, says CEO 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND Cable thieves or sabotage — Gqeberha left in the dark again 4 min 3 By Riaan Marais
VANDALS’ DELIGHT Nelson Mandela Bay metro asks council to urgently approve millions for security firm looking after substations 3 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
CABLE BANDITS Nelson Mandela Bay metro will brand electrical cables in bid to foil rampant theft 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
NELSON MANDELA BAY Eight suspects arrested for vandalism, cable theft in one night 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
WARD WARRIORS Heroes rally to save patients after cable thieves plunge Eastern Cape hospital into darkness for five days 4 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Nelson Mandela Bay metro takes steps against six officials over R10m copper cable scandal 3 min 7 By Estelle Ellis
ALL POWER TO THEM Nelson Mandela Bay businesses ‘adopt’ substations help to keep the lights on 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
CABLE THEFT SMACKDOWN Ermelo court delivers harsh sentence to cable thief as infrastructure crimes continue to rise 2 min 2 By Lisakanya Venna
GROUNDUP Western Cape town ‘held to ransom’ by cable theft syndicate counts health, economic costs of blackouts 5 min 4 By Steve Kretzmann
GROUNDUP Dead in their tracks — three of four Shosholoza Meyl train routes halted indefinitely 4 min 6 By Sandiso Phaliso
CRIME Intelligence operation nets 15 cable theft suspects, including City Power workers 2 min 2 By Bheki C. Simelane
SWITCHED-ON SECURITY Eskom contract worker nabbed for copper cable theft at Mpumalanga power plant 2 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
A LOSING BATTLE Vandals and thieves are stripping Gauteng’s infrastructure at an alarming rate 4 min 5 By Bheki C. Simelane
‘HIGHWAY ROBBERY’ Parts of Johannesburg CBD in the dark after fire in inner-city tunnels 3 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
SEEING THE LIGHT Alexandra residents rejoice as informal settlement finally gets power supply through microgrid project 6 min 3 By Julia Evans
PUBLIC TRANSPORT While vandalism and cable theft continue, Prasa makes progress in restoring rail services 3 min 12 By Bheki C. Simelane
THE ACTIONISTS Baba Biblos Lebona and his ‘task team’ guard their Eskom substation against cable theft, 24/7 — without pay 3 min 10 By Thom Pierce
GROUNDUP Nelson Mandela Bay mayor suspects ‘strategic’ cable theft as ‘act of sabotage’ after weekend without power 2 min 1 By Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
POWER CRISIS Nelson Mandela Bay mayor offers R20,000 reward after cable ‘sabotage’ causes extensive electricity outages 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
