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Man in court following meter box vandalism

A 36-year-old man was apprehended and handed over to the police in Port Alfred on Tuesday February 24. His apprehension by local security company Multi Security and subsequent arrest by the South African Police Service came after several…

Residents urged to be alert as vandals target electricity meter boxes

Multi Security has urged members of the public to report unusual activity following reports of malicious damage to power meter boxes in the Flame Lily and South Downs areas, mainly during the evenings. In a post shared on community…

Cable theft costs rocket

Cable theft in and around Port Alfred is costing around R9 000 a day. This shocking figure was revealed in an exclusive interview with Ndlambe Municipality’s infrastructure director Dr Noluthando Vithi this week. While every effort has…

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Metal thieves cause damage by stealing valve for RO plant intake pipe

Ndlambe Municipality and the public at large have become victims of serial metal thieves who have damaged water infrastructure for the QFS reverse osmosis (RO) plant. QFS director Musa Ndlovu said thieves had vandalised the valves on the…

Tampering with Eskom infrastructure is affecting your electricity supply and personal safety

“A collective sense of ownership is one of the most important elements of community building. “We at Eskom believe that this should be a factor when communities think of the infrastructure we use to distribute electricity. It is for our…

NOT MUCH LEFT: Bethelsdorp Comprehensive School principal Ralph Jacobus assesses the damage caused after a classroom was set alight.Image: Riaan Marais

‘Nothing left to steal at school — now the criminals have resorted to arson’

Vandalised facilities, a disintegrating structure and now blackened walls as a result of an alleged arson attack — staff are at their wits’ end when it comes to maintaining the dignity of a long-neglected northern areas school. Educators…

Over 1,500 schools across SA have been vandalised since the start of the lockdown. File photo. Image: 123RF/Elizabeth Crego

More than 1,500 schools hit by vandalism, theft during lockdown

The vandalism of schools across the country continues to worsen during the Covid-19 lockdown — and most of it is taking place in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Countrywide, 1,577 schools have been rocked by vandalism, thefts and break-ins. Of…

WANTON VANDALISM: Die Heuwel Primary school in Hillside is one of 30 schools in the province that have been ransacked Image: Supplied

Nelson Mandela Bay school break-ins spike during lockdown

Laptops, tablets, electric cables, and printers are some of the things looters have stolen from more than 10 schools in Nelson Mandela Bay over the past two weeks. Provincial education department spokesperson Loyiso Pulumani said school…

A GRAVE CONCERN: Reader and local resident, Charles Randall alerted Talk of the Town to the amount of refuse scattered all over the Settler Church cemetery off Bathurst Street. Randall and his garden assistant pick up the rubbish, most of it domestic refuse, every Thursday but appealed to anyone dumping there to stop doing it Picture: ROB KNOWLES

Settlers Cemetery littered with rubbish

Port Alfred pensioner Charles Randall has taken it on himself to clear up the domestic refuse dumped at the Setter Church cemetery on the East Bank, but wishes that people would show some respect and get rid of their rubbish through the…

WATER UPDATE: Outage caused by vandalism at balancing dam

This is to inform you about the water challenge that we are currently facing: The balancing dam where raw water is stored has experienced vandalism on the inlet of the dam, our team managed to fix that immediately but there was a problem…

A monument to forefathers in the Nemato community was toppled and the headstone had to be lifted to read the inscription

Graveyard vandalism not new

THE EFF told TotT they were going to hold a cleansing ceremony at the Esleyeni cemetery in Nemato last Friday evening (June 29) at 5pm, to apologise to the ancestors for Ndlambe Municipality’s alleged demolition of tombstones. The EFF…