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ROODEPOORT CABLE THIEF ELECTROCUTED.

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A suspected cable thief was electrocuted while trying to cut through power lines at the old Durban Deep Mine in Roodepoort on Wednesday, Johannesburg emergency services said. Spokesman Malcolm Midley said the man tried to cut through over-head high tension power lines carrying a 132 kilovolt ...

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