‘By investing in our streetlight infrastructure and by taking a comprehensive approach to fight vandalism, the City is demonstrating its commitment to providing a safe and secure environment for all. City teams are responsible more than 245 000 streetlights and interventions put in place to tackle streetlight-related notifications, including historic streetlight service requests, are yielding significant results despite the crisis-levels of repeated theft and vandalism. 

 

‘Between April and June this year some R7,3 million was spent by the City to fix theft and vandalised infrastructure. We’ve put more boots on the ground with contracting services and also through our Energy Safety Teams, beefing up resources with about R40 million to tackle this crisis. We ask residents to stand with us to Protect Their Power – and keep the lights on. Report suspicious activity anonymously,’ said Alderman Limberg.