Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico
Ncube confirmed the development yesterday.
“I can confirm that we are receiving an increase in the
number of reports of copper cable theft.
“We are appealing to members of the public to assist police
with information that might lead to the arrest of the suspects,” Ncube said.
“Theft of cables are affecting all operations in the city. “Some
have affected police stations, including the State House.
“On January 20, we received a report of theft of 225m x
35mm copper cables in the Donnington area, and another one of 1 400m x25mm of
overhead copper cable conductors in Sauerstown and Hillside on Sunday.”
Ncube said other areas affected were Njube and Pumula.
“We receive such reports on a daily basis,” Ncube said.
Zesa spokesperson George Manyaya recently said that the
power utility required over US$6 million to replace stolen equipment.
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage secretary Aaron Nhepera
last year told Parliament that a Copper Control Amendment Bill would be crafted
to impose a mandatory 10-year jail term for vandalism of cables. Newsday
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