Aberdare Cables, a member of the Powertech Group, is a leading African manufacturer of cables and distributor of related electrical accessories. Our six manufacturing sites in South Africa and offshore operations in Mozambique, Portugal and Spain enables us to manufacture an extensive range of electrical cables for application in power transmission, power distribution, rail, petrochemical, mining, ports, airports, wholesale, construction and domestic building environments. At Aberdare Cables, we pride ourselves on our ability to identify and satisfy customer needs through development of innovative products; unique, cost effective cable solutions for a wide range of industries. This and our extensive project experience make Aberdare Cables the supplier of choice for cable, related accessories and special cable projects.

CableGuard Information

The cable theft protection system Only CableGuard, a unique product invented in South Africa, and then patented worldwide, has been demonstrated to be effective in preventing underground cable theft, ...

Latest News

  • New range of miniature circuit breakers launched

    Crabtree Electrical Accessories, a division of Aberdare Cables, has launched a new range of high-performance, reliable circuit breakers. The Crabtree offering covers a range of breakers for domestic applications consisting of earth leakages,...

  • Current Projects

    Sishen South Project: Kolomela Mine (2010)

    The Sishen South project, to develop the Kolomela Mine, has made major strides to date. Kolomela Mine, which means “to dig deeper or further to persevere”, is an open pit truck-and-shovel operation with a development cost of R8,5 billion. Aberdarians will be proud to know tha ...

    Hong Kong International Terminalm, eRTGCs PROJECTS (2009)

    Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT) deployed 17 electric rubber-tyre gantry cranes (eRTGC) on 2 June 2008, kicking off the HKD140million crane-electrification programme that will reduce emissions at Kwai Chung Container Port. HIT is the first operator in Hong Kong to deploy eRTGCs. The projec ...

    Fibre optic cables for Telefionica (2010)

    Within 3 months of their application, Cables de Comunicaciones (CDC) received approval from Telefonica for duct and interior fibre optical cables. All cables up to and including 256 fibres are now certified and plans for introducing cables of up to 512 fibres are currently underway. In a ...

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