Three Eswatini nationals who cut and stole 67m of contact wire belonging to Transnet in October last year have each been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for damaging essential infrastructure.
This meant that trains passing through Wonderfontein station in Mpumalanga could not function and transport goods as it took days to replace the stolen lines.
The three were charged with Sandile Mabuza, 30, who pleaded not guilty. His case was postponed to December 5 in the same court.
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