Swallowed by darkness — how a Joburg suburb’s vandalised streetlights empower criminals
Daily Maverick | 25.05.2026 01:34
Driving down Nirvana Drive, the main street in Lenasia South, Johannesburg, we are greeted by the sight of rusted street poles bent at the top as if pointing motorists away from the area. On closer inspection, the poles have open boxes which once housed copper wiring but are now empty. In some patches, a row of vandalised lights are clustered together.
