Zuma signs new law to get tough on infrastructure related crimes

President Jacob Zuma has signed into law the Criminal Matters Amendment Act‚ 2015‚ which amends the Criminal Procedure Act‚ 1977 and‚ which it is hoped‚ will help curb cable theft among other infrastructure-related crimes. The amendments provide for changes to the law pertaining to infrastructure-related offences by making stricter provisions for the granting of bail‚ the sentencing of offenders and creating a new offence to criminalise damage to‚ tampering with or destruction of essential infra...