MOKOPANE – Three men were caught red-handed with stolen water meters, mere days after Yolandé Coetzee, DA Ward Councillor, opened a case of theft at the Mokopane police station.
This follows widespread water meter theft in town in the last week. The men reportedly tried to sell the water meters at two scrapyards in town, which prompted the business owners to alert a local security company.
According to Coetzee, affected residents had to pay R1 200 for new meters as the recovered meters are mostly beyond repair. Coetzee vowed to continue fighting for a change in by-laws that will ultimately relieve residents from carrying the cost of new water meters.
The men were arrested and the police investigation continues.
Read the full story in the next edition of Bosveld Review.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
