Government’s new plan to crack down on copper theft in South Africa

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has gazetted its draft policy proposals to regulate and restrict the trade of scrap metal in South Africa for public comment. Citing research from the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies and Genesis Analytics, DTIC said copper theft from the country’s rail network and electricity grids carries an annual economic cost exceeding R45 billion in 2020/2021.

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