The attacks in Gauteng so far this year:
Security officers guarding underground cables in the Naturena and Goudkoppies areas were attacked and beaten.
In the Goudkoppies area, security officers were shot at and forced to abandon their vehicle. When they returned, they found that the criminals had torched it.
On 31 March, two security officers were shot and killed in the Johannesburg inner city.
On 1 April, a security officer was shot in the Kya Sands area. He later died of his injuries.
On 14 April, a contract worker was held hostage in Eldorado Park.
On 16 April, a City Power electrician was held hostage at Kya Sands.
On 20 June, two security officers were shot and injured at Eikenhof.
On 22 June, a City Power electrician was held hostage in Mayibuye.
On 30 June, City Power contractors were held hostage at Fleurhof.
On 25 July, security officers contracted to City Power were tied up and robbed of personal belongings at Allandale substation, Mayibuye.
An armed robbery at Kwamasiza substation in the Vaal in which a security officer was shot and injured.
An armed robbery at Pulsor-Vaal with no injuries.
Two armed robberies at the Vosloorus Customer Network Centre in which two security officers were shot and injured.
An armed robbery at Boikhutsong in which one security officer was fatally wounded.
An armed robbery at Mabopane township in which a security officer was shot at, disarmed and wounded. An armed robbery at Northrand substation in Tembisa in which a security officer was shot and seriously wounded.
An armed robbery at Garankuwa in which two security officers were robbed of their pistols.
An armed robbery at Vuka substation in Mabopane, in which one security officer was injured while escaping the attackers through a perimeter fence. A technician was shot at in Soweto, but not injured, when attending to a call after hours.
Two armed robberies at Buccleuch substation in Sandton in which no one was injured.
Two technicians were robbed of their cellphones and wallets while working in Mabopane.
A technician was hijacked and robbed of her cellphones and money while working in Mabopane. The hijackers made her transfer money from her banking app to her bank card and also forced her to send money via e-wallet. A technician was stabbed at Nomzamo while installing meters.
A security officer was shot dead during an attempt to steal copper cable outside the Eskom Klipspruit Customer Network Centre in Soweto.