Dark times in South Africa?

With power shortages in South Africa hitting the headlines at the moment, it's kind of surprising there haven't been stories about how this is impacting on crime.

As Mercius Moldbug points out, South Africa is the kind of country where personal safety is heavily dependent on such things as good lighting, the latest electronic security, and I suspect, the odd electric fence.

Is there something here the mainstream media isn't telling us?