Footage shows City Power electrical infrastructure been vandalised

A viral post/ video captures apparent vandalism of City Power electrical infrastructure at Leyds and Harrison streets in Johannesburg, showing men opening locked boxes to extract cables, likely for copper theft, in broad daylight.

Shared by Yusuf Abramjee, a prominent South African anti-crime activist, it highlights ongoing urban decay and prompts calls for immediate arrests and deportations, reflecting heightened public anger toward perceived immigrant involvement.

These acts fuel South Africa’s infrastructure crisis, with City Power logging 652 cable thefts in the first seven months of 2026, contributing to R187 billion in annual economic losses from service disruptions and unplanned outages.