Blacklisted iPhone - complexities

An iPhone I purchased via Takealot (provided by PhoneCityTM) was a ****** consignment which Huge Connect purchased. With the assistance of Vodacom (operator of our contract), Huge Connect and PhoneCityTM we got to the bottom of this and discovered that PhoneCityTM, in good faith, procured it from Talk Cellular (who appear to be buying ****** goods). Needless to say we found out by suddenly, one day getting "no service", because 18 months later, the phone was blacklisted that it was ******. It took 4 days of trying to get to the bottom of it. PhoneCityTM replaced it and all three corporates collaborated so well. Not only are we as law abiding citizens victims of ***** and ********ity, but so are the ethical corporates! Unfortunately the SAPolice are not doing their part and ********* who commit crime are walking the streets months after the fact!