A 38-year-old Namibian man was apprehended by Nshimwe security guards at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region while he was digging for copper cables.
The suspect was handed over to the police, who charged him with theft.
Two other suspects managed to escape arrest.
The Ndonga Linena Green Scheme farm manager, Jannor Rentel, fears that an electricity outage may affect the farm's current planting season's yield.
Rentel says the power outage at the green scheme has become prevalent.
Rentel noted that NORED needs to act urgently on the matter.
NORED customers in the Oshana Region owe the electricity utility N$3.6 million.
Of this, N$734,000 has been outstanding for more than a year.
The Shamundambo Village in the Kavango East Region, which has been without electricity for the past 33 years, has finally been electrified.
National power utility, NamPower’s debt collection plans have been cut short after Cabinet intervention.
NamPower was due to affect Stage 2 of power cuts on Monday and Tuesday this week, between 17H00 and 21H00.
NamPower has issued a statement clarifying why it defied a Cabinet directive instructing the power utility not to forge ahead with the power cuts it executed on Monday.
The residents of the four northern regions were also affected by the power outages initiated by NamPower yesterday.
The town of Ondangwa was the first to face the consequences of NamPower, as their electricity was disconnected shortly after 17h00.
NamPower will waive all interest on outstanding debt accumulated over the past twelve months, provided that customers settle outstanding amounts before the end of this month.
Customers owe the power utility over a billion dollars, with N$842 million overdue.
