# Three officials from the City of Tshwane’s municipal depot have been arrested this morning, accused of stealing transformers worth seven-million-rand from the Laudium substation. Police spokesperson Samuel Thine alleges they are part of a transformer syndicate. Thine says the theft is linked to the area’s severe power cuts jeopardising essential infrastructure and crippling the economy:
Three Tshwane officials arrested for R7-million transformer theft [SOUND]
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