Thieves target homes, business for power equipment

Even as embattled South Africans face hours of darkness, there is an another threat looming: home-break-ins and thefts targeting equipment to avert powerlessness.

As load shedding hours grew longer, South Africa saw a boom in small-scale solar installations, and the sale of generators, inverters, and modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices.

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