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Illegal connections cut off in Marikana

KwaThema – The police and EMPD together with the Red Ants visited the Marikana Section in Extension Three on Tuesday to cut off illegal connections.

This comes after two children were electrocuted on November 26 in the area.

“One of the children, a nine-year-old girl who was electrocuted by an illegal connection running on the ground, died on the scene, while the other one was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

Read: Illegal connections cut off

“This mission was, therefore, led by the station commander of KwaThema, Lieutenant Colonel Mareketle Elsie Malapane, to say enough is enough, as it is not the first time we have had a child die due to illegal connections.

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“We cannot lose more lives young lives because of this,” says police spokesman Capt Thabo Sibuyi.

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