In Muleba District, Tanzania, the invisible threads that bind a community to modern life — copper wires running through eighteen transformers — have been severed by those willing to trade collective wellbeing for personal gain. For more than two weeks, four wards and their tens of thousands of residents have lived without electricity, a darkness that is both literal and symbolic of what happens when infrastructure becomes prey. TANESCO and local authorities now appeal not only to law enforcement but to the community itself, recognizing that the protection of shared systems ultimately rests in
Copper theft cripples power supply in Muleba as vandals target 18 transformers
Approximately 637,659 residents across Muleba District affected by power outages, with four wards experiencing two weeks without electricity.