Copper cable thieves run rampant in Brits

BRITS – First the criminals targeted water meters in Brits CBD, now everywhere in Madibeng, street pole lights are disappearing at night, only to show the damage the criminals have done in the morning. Numerous street poles and lights in Brits have gone missing leaving the already fragile infrastructure of the town in shatters. With cables and ropes hanging from the poles, left behind by the criminals not fast enough to snatch the lights before they’re caught. The Madibeng Local Municipality is also not doing their part to send out teams to double check numerous electric boxes that has been vandalized and left unrepaired for months, even years!