Copper and Robbers

“South Africa they are under a literal assault, targeted by heavily armed gangs that have crippled the nation’s energy infrastructure and claimed an ever-growing number of lives. Practically every day, homes across the country are plunged into darkness, train lines shut down, water supplies cut off, and hospitals forced to close, all because thieves are targeting the material that carries electricity: copper.” Wired: The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It. “With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever.”