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Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel has called for more tough sanctions against those involved in stealing copper cables.

This crime was costing the country billions of rands with Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa ( Prasa), Eskom and other infrastructure being destroyed every year.

Patel said the sentences of 20 years in prison for stealing copper cables and other measures were not enough to deter the vandalism of infrastructure across South Africa. | IOL