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City of Cape Town official dies after explosion caused by vandalised cables | News24

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Terence Henry Stringer died in hospital on 16 April, after suffering injuries when severely vandalised cables exploded on 4 April. Stringer, four contractors and a member of the public were injured when the insulation on the damaged cables further deteriorated and caused an explosion. The electricity team attended to the outage in Gugulethu that was affecting the power supply to both Manenberg and Gugulesthu.

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City of Cape Town official dies after explosion caused by vandalised cables | News24

A City of Cape Town official has been killed after vandalised cables exploded while he was attending to an outage in Gugulethu.

4 years ago·Cape Town, South Africa

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Cape Town electrician dies from injuries caused by explosion from vandalised cables

Stringer initially was accompanied by five others when the damaged cables further deteriorated and exploded on them.

4 years ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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Cape Town electricity official struck by vandalised cables dies

The City of Cape Town mourns the death of electricity official Terence Henry Stringer, who passed away in hospital on 16 April 2022 after suffering injuries when severely vandalised cables exploded.

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