{"id":14210,"date":"2012-09-03T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/charge-electricity-thieves-under-common-purpose\/"},"modified":"2012-09-03T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:38:52","slug":"charge-electricity-thieves-under-common-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/charge-electricity-thieves-under-common-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Charge Electricity Thieves under \u2018Common Purpose\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I would really like to know what the \u2018Powers to Be\u2019 are doing about illegal electricity? Is it no longer a crime to make these connections, or does it only count for certain electricity deprived people?<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t see how the authorities involved with policing these connections can use the \u2018we are under staffed\u2019 or \u2018we don\u2019t know of these illegal connections\u2019 excuses!<\/p>\n

Why do we have to foot the bill while others get away with it?<\/p>\n

Attached is an image in which you can clearly see a man making illegal connections in broad daylight!<\/p>\n

Eye on the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bethelsdorp<\/p>\n

I am willing to bet you that this \u2018electrician\u2019 is not qualified and certainly not a member of the ECA (SA)<\/a><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Notes:<\/strong> These illegal electricity connections have been in existence for many years \u2013 after heavy rains one can see the \u2018street electricians\u2019 making hasty repairs to overhead and underground cables. Yes \u2013 some cables have been laid under tar roads after channels have been cut with angle grinders and then filled with cement. It is patently obvious to all who pass through and live in these areas that something illegal is going on. To me this is a criminal charge of \u2018common purpose\u2019 that could be levelled against each and every single resident.<\/p>\n

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I would really like to know what the \u2018Powers to Be\u2019 are doing about illegal electricity? Is it no longer a crime to make these connections, or does it only count for certain electricity deprived people? I can\u2019t see how the authorities involved with policing these connections can use the \u2018we are under staffed\u2019 or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-14210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}