South African cell towers being damaged badly

To the point that the operator is shutting many down permanently:

TN has said that due to the serious problem of cell tower vandalism, it has permanently shut down 53 of its base stations across the country. The operator said that while it has recovered stolen batteries to the value of almost R1 million, national cellular networks remain under heavy pressure from thieves and vandals. 

MTN said the damage caused by thieves and vandals to its equipment is far exceeding the cost of repairing and replacing batteries and other hardware. The network added that some acts of vandalism are so severe that hundreds of towers around the country are at risk of being permanently shut down, putting strain on the network and potentially diminishing the quality of its service. 

“MTN data shows that as many as 89 cell towers across the country are currently on hold as they await replacement batteries and maintenance fixes,” the mobile operator said.
“But even worse, 53 base stations have been completely destroyed and have had to be terminated nationally – 39 in Tshwane and 15 in Johannesburg.”

So we can add that to the list of idiotic things that South Africa's blacks routinely engage in, including:

• destroying generators to protest electricity shortages
• destroying train cars
• ransacking shopping malls 

How exactly is civilization sustained when a certain sub-group targets basic infrastructure?