Cellphone tower batteries
Here's why you lose cellphone signal during power cuts
Cellphone networks have provided reasons as to why you are unable to send messages and make calls at some stages when blackouts kick in.
The pair are scheduled to appear before the Cradock Magistrates' Court on Monday, where they will face charges relating to the possession of suspected stolen property.
Anti-crime activists are warning that if the theft of cellphone tower batteries did not stop, South Africans could be charged more by network providers.