The scale of the damage to municipal infrastructure in the area currently being developed for 700 new erven south of Pretorius Street in Louis Trichardt is unfathomable. This past week, it came to light that almost all electrical infrastructure, including transformers and copper cables, has been stripped or stolen across the entire extent of the project.
"The photos do not do the extent of the damage justice!" said Mr Jan van Rooyen of Big Five Security. Spotting what he thought was sm...