FREE STATE – Mzikayise Mokoena (37) appeared before the Welkom Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 18 August 2023 where he was convicted and sentenced for theft of optic fibre cable.
On 17 January 2023, the CEO of MTD Civil Network Planning company received an alert from a tracking device affixed to optic fibre cable which was supposed to be in Welkom but located in Vanderbijlpark. He then reported the matter to the police and the tracking device was traced and found in Vanderbijlpark. Optic fibre cable belonging to the company was identified. Mokoena, who was working for a company that was contracted to MTD Civil Network Planning company, was then arrested after he was found in possession of the optic fibre cable. The case was then handed over to the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team based in Welkom for further investigation.
The court sentenced Mokoena to a fine of R4000 or four years’ direct imprisonment. He was also sentenced to five years direct imprisonment wholly suspended for five years’.
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