source: Times (South Africa); Mercury (South Africa)
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (South Africa)
actor2: Civilians (South Africa)
location: Durban
notes: Property destruction: Around 5 January 2021 (between 5 - 6 January), 3 telecommunications network infrastructure towers were burnt and destroyed in uMlazi, KwaMashu and Ntuzuma, in the city of Durban (eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal). The authorship and motivation for the attacks were unknown, but it is believed that the towers might have been destroyed after false information regarding 5G and coronavirus were spread on social media.