Fed-up women take fight against cable theft to suspects’ doorsteps
The community has been under siege as blackouts leave clinics and schools unable to deliver basic services
12 June 2022 - 17:38
Elizabeth Lingeveldt heaved a sigh of relief when shootings stopped a few months ago in Bonteheuwel. But within weeks copper theft syndicates took advantage of the lull in gang warfare by targeting the Cape Flats community’s substations, leaving homes in darkness...
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