Just when you think you've seen it all, you spot a man carrying away a broken traffic light in a trolley. This happened to one man in South Africa who took it upon himself to share the bizarre snap of the "robot snatching man" with his Twitter followers. South Africans refer to traffic lights as 'robots'.

In the photo that was uploaded by the man with the Twitter handle, @TherealMJNcube an unknown man can be seen preparing to move a robot using a trolley to which he tied the traffic light with some rope.

"I just drove past a guy who just stole a traffic light. This is the new SA," he captioned the snap.

Locals were divided in their responses with some coming to the man's defense.

@ChiefKwanda said:

"Doesn't look like he's stealing but taking something that's neglected to the scrap yard. Let's not criminalise people's harmless livelihoods from our 2 seconds view of their lives... Politicians steal billions every year, let's focus more on those criminals!"

@scrookson said:

"It is City property. Why can't you see that? If the City wants to straighten the pole, take it for scrap or melt it down - that decision is theirs."

@J0zigirl said:

"How do we know it wasn't given to him. That pole looks completely destroyed. Im wary of treating people like criminals like this, without knowing the full story."

So what do you think - was this "robot" stolen?

That guy is just a patriot who's trying to work on the city spoiled street light and fix it back.

The black man is the least reasonable

Why always black

SA is one of the most useless countries in the world!

Kriss216:
SA is one of the most useless countries in the world!

Lol , but the guy doesn't look South African though

TMKsouth:

Lol , but the guy doesn't look South African though

Maybe he's American

Kriss216:

Maybe he's American

Yeah I agree, those border-jumping Americans are a big problem in SA. Greener pastures and all

Kriss216:
SA is one of the most useless countries in the world!

LOL, and yet you flock to the same SA like bees to honey.

TMKsouth:


Lol , but the guy doesn't look South African though

he's not. probably from Zimbabwe this one

IronGalaxy:
LOL, and yet you flock to the same SA like bees to honey.

He decided to turn an innocent thread into an SA-bashing one for reasons known only to him.

IronGalaxy:
he's not. probably from Zimbabwe this one

Has definitely had some equatorial heat exposure.

TMKsouth:


He decided to turn an innocent thread into an SA-bashing one for reasons known only to him.

it's typical. You'll be saying something and someone barges in about HIV or Xenophobia etc...then me and Jace come in to set record straight. Never ending cycle

IronGalaxy:
it's typical. You'll be saying something and someone barges in about HIV or Xenophobia etc...then me and Jace come in to set record straight. Never ending cycle

Hamster-wheel I'm vowing to avoid.

TMKsouth:


Has definitely had some equatorial heat exposure.

That's why border control is needed now more than ever.

IronGalaxy:
That's why border control is needed now more than ever.

Yep. All countries protect their borders, even in West Africa.

Anyway, to answer the OP question: the traffic light pole is stolen whether he unhinged it or not. Just the gall of moving around with that thing in broad daylight on a main road, risking police attention, shows just how brazen lawbreakers are now.

Anigreat:





That guy is just a patriot who's trying to work on the city spoiled street light and fix it back.

funny

Kriss216:
SA is one of the most useless countries in the world!

I am Nigerian, please ignore people like the above.

vandalism, theft and destruction of public property, if caught he will do time, or pay huge fine.

IronGalaxy:
LOL, and yet you flock to the same SA like bees to honey.

yeah to chill and spend money...not really flock, we flock US yes, not SA.