MTN South Africa has unveiled a partnership with police within the Japanese Cape to crack down on infrastructure crime affecting its communication excessive websites.
The settlement, with the Japanese Cape Provincial Police Board and the Japanese Cape Group Police Discussion board (CPF), is designed to guard vital community infrastructure, together with base stations, which have seen 71 incidents of vandalism within the final six months.
“Each the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the CPF within the Japanese Cape might be contributing to the initiative by deploying regulation enforcement personnel and neighborhood patrollers to observe and reply to safety breaches at MTN community base stations within the affected communities,” MTN stated in a press release on Tuesday.
“The partnership focuses on strengthening collaboration between MTN, the Japanese Cape SAPS and the CPF in high-risk areas resembling Mthatha and Queenstown,” it added.
An analogous initiative was launched in Gauteng in 2023, which MTN stated resulted in “measurable success”: a 35% discount in MTN-related crime and asset losses within the province.
“Persevering with this momentum with the Japanese Cape will improve crime-fighting efforts, notably with the strategic assist of the SAPS vital infrastructure activity crew,” stated MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi.
MTN will present the Mthatha SAPS joint operations centre with laptops, computer systems, printers, furnishings, energy provide models and web connectivity to assist their operational wants. As well as, CPF patrollers will obtain gear, together with uniforms, panic buttons and two-way radios.
Crime sample evaluation
Cell licence plate recognition cameras might be put in in chosen SAPS patrol autos, too.
MTN will share crime intelligence and crime sample evaluation with the SAPS and the CPF to reinforce their response efforts.
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As well as, the events will implement a “steady monitoring framework designed to trace reductions in theft and vandalism and make sure the ongoing effectiveness of the partnership”. – © 2025 NewsCentral Media
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