a) The stolen or damaged Metrorail signal equipment consists of two elements namely, signal cables and the signal infrastructure. The total number of incidents and arrests are shown below for the Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal Metrorail Regions. This is followed by the tables reflecting the same for the signaling infrastructure. The signaling infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is owned and protected by Transnet.
Signal Cable
Signal Infrastructure
Gauteng |
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Incidents 2014 |
Incidents 2015 |
Incidents 2016 |
Incidents 2017 |
Arrests 2014 |
Arrests 2015 |
Arrests 2016 |
Arrests 2017 |
477 |
317 |
220 |
121 |
145 |
53 |
34 |
32 |
Western Cape |
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Incidents 2014 |
Incidents 2015 |
Incidents 2016 |
Incidents 2017 |
Arrests 2014 |
Arrests 2015 |
Arrests 2016 |
Arrests 2017 |
507 |
197 |
93 |
96 |
33 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
KZN |
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Incidents 2014 |
Incidents 2015 |
Incidents 2016 |
Incidents 2017 |
Arrests 2014 |
Arrests 2015 |
Arrests 2016 |
Arrests 2017 |
154 |
142 |
66 |
59 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
b) (i) These incidents occurred in various locations between stations, not always in the same place.
(ii) The time of the incidents varies but most of the incidents occur between the last trains at night and the first trains in the morning.
(c) The total value of operating infrastructure theft and vandalism countrywide amounts to between R25 to R30 million per annum, of which cable theft accounts for R 4-5 million of this total.
(d) It is estimated that between 5 and 10% of trains delays and cancellations is directly related asset related crimes (theft and vandalism). In Gauteng on average 1%, Western Cape 7% and KZN 3% trains are delayed and cancelled due to cable and signaling theft and vandalism.
(e) The following action plans are in place to prevent and reduce the number of occurrences:
From a security perspective the following:
Enhance all Provincial/Regional security and crime prevention plans to:
From the engineering side various initiatives are also being implemented to assist with the physical protection of the assets. This includes the following: