Daily Maverick
Africa · 3 hrs ago
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DARK CITY: Swallowed by darkness — how a Johannesburg suburb’s vandalised streetlights empower criminals
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A Daily Maverick investigation explores how broken streetlights in Johannesburg's Lenasia South suburb correlate with increased crime and community distrust, with the story produced ahead of 2026 local elections.
DARK CITY: Swallowed by darkness — how a Johannesburg suburb’s vandalised streetlights empower criminals
After readers helped Daily Maverick track the extent of broken streetlights across Joburg, we visited one of the worst-affected areas, Lenasia South, to see how unlit neighbourhoods fuel a surge in crime and community distrust ahead of the 2026 local elections.
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