A guy from Cowdray Park got busted for wrecking underground copper cables near the ZNA Khumalo Barracks when he tried to steal them from ZETDC. Busani Ncube showed up in court but didn't enter a plea, and the magistrate sent him back to jail until his trial starts mid-December.
Ncube and some buddies allegedly dug a massive trench with picks near an airstrip, then hacked through the cables that power a bunch of suburbs like Khumalo and Paddonhurst. Army patrols spotted them, and everyone scattered when the soldiers showed up, but Ncube got caught while his crew vanished.
The whole mess caused around $1,250 in damages to the power network that connects the Marvel substation to local neighborhoods.
Ncube and some buddies allegedly dug a massive trench with picks near an airstrip, then hacked through the cables that power a bunch of suburbs like Khumalo and Paddonhurst. Army patrols spotted them, and everyone scattered when the soldiers showed up, but Ncube got caught while his crew vanished.
The whole mess caused around $1,250 in damages to the power network that connects the Marvel substation to local neighborhoods.
