Armed copper thieves cripple South Africa’s rail
18 November 2020 |
8:32 am
South Africa emerged from one of the strictest coronavirus lockdowns in the world to find that organized gangs have stripped power cables from dozens of train stations - crippling an already dilapidated network relied on by millions of South Africans.
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