{"id":8733,"date":"2024-12-10T15:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=8703"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T16:48:08","slug":"cogta-mec-welcomes-15-year-sentence-for-saboteur-of-critical-water-supply-infrastructure-in-ugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/cogta-mec-welcomes-15-year-sentence-for-saboteur-of-critical-water-supply-infrastructure-in-ugu\/","title":{"rendered":"COGTA MEC WELCOMES 15-YEAR SENTENCE FOR SABOTEUR OF CRITICAL WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE IN UGU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8733\" class=\"elementor elementor-8733\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa64399 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5aa64399\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41bc8dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41bc8dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC, Rev Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has welcomed the successful prosecution and sentencing of Mr Fezile Bho Zama, who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for housebreaking with the intent to steal and theft. This followed his conviction for vandalising the Ezinqoleni Water Pump Station, where he stole two water pumps and copper cables, severely disrupting water supply to local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MEC Buthelezi believes that the sentencing sends a strong message that law enforcement agencies are up to the task of ridding our communities of criminals who steal and vandalise public infrastructure. &#8220;This decisive action sends a strong message that those who vandalise public property will face the full might of the law. Every year, hundreds of millions of rands worth of infrastructure is stolen in KZN municipalities, plunging communities into darkness and causing essential services such as water, sanitation, and electricity to fail. 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