| 2025/04/11 |
Media Statement KIMBERLEY - The Kimberley Regional Court has sentenced 39-year-old Shepherd Ushe to 47 years’ imprisonment on Thursday, 10 April 2025, for damaging essential infrastructure. Between April 2018 and June 2019, the police received reports of battery thefts from cellphone network towers in the Delportshoop and Danielskuil areas. The Northern Cape Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit, led by then Provincial Head Brigadier (Ret.) Johan Myburgh and Sergeant Orapeleng Mosala, steered the investigation. The accused was positively linked to three incidents involving theft at cellphone towers. He was subsequently traced and arrested in the Gauteng Province. Ushe remained in custody throughout several court appearances. Investigations further revealed that he was in the country illegally. He was found guilty and sentenced to a total of 47 years’: 45 years’ for damage to essential infrastructure and two additional years’ for contravention of Immigration Laws. The Northern Cape Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola commended the investigating team for securing the conviction and sentence, and reiterated that the policing and investigation of crimes threatening the stability of essential infrastructure remains a priority. The South African Police Service encourages members of the public to report criminal activity by using the MySAPS App or by calling the Crime Stop hotline at 08600 10111. Ends
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