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Copper cable thief shot dead near Sizinda
A man was shot dead by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard at Westgate station in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon after he was allegedly caught stealing copper cables and tried to escape...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Prayer warrior catches Zesa cable thieves
A 32-YEAR-OLD copper cable thief ran out of luck when he was spotted trying to pack the stolen cables, in a bushy area by a man who was conducting prayers.Tyson Ncube from Nketa 7 was driving ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thief jailed 20 years
Lucky ran out of a Rushinga-based copper thief who was electrocuted whilst stealing ZETDC cables as he sustained burns which sold him to the police when he went for treatment at the hospital.T...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cable thief wanted by police electrocuted
A SUSPECTED copper cable thief died on Monday night while another was severely burnt after they were electrocuted by a 66 000-volt power line in Umguza district.Elmon Ndlovu died on the spot w...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staffr eporter
Cable thief fried to death by 66 000 volt power line
A suspected copper cable thief was electrocuted by a 66 000 volt power cable in Bulawayo this morning.The man's body was fried into a brittle state by the high voltage line that supplies the w...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 22:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man electrocuted while stealing Zesa copper wires, dies at UBH
A daring copper cable thief was burnt by electricity, hospitalised with severe burns and later died at the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) after he and three accomplices who have since been arrested a...Published: 21 May 2012 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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