# City Power in Johannesburg has spent 236-million-rand replacing electricity infrastructure damaged by cable theft and vandalism in the 2025/26 financial year. These account for 20-percent of all power outages across its network in the metro. Acting CEO Charles Tlouane says cable theft and vandalism are not only criminal acts, but directly undermine their ability to provide reliable electricity to communities. He urges residents, community policing forums and law enforcement agencies to help combat infrastructure-related crime:
City Power spends R236-million repairing infrastructure damaged by cable theft and vandalism [SOUND]
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