Within hours of contractors bricking up problem buildings in Central last week, vagrants knocked out the bricks and cement and reclaimed the derelict structures from which they had been evicted.
The entrances to several problematic buildings in Central, harbouring vagrants and criminals, have been bricked up pending approval to have some of them demolished.
A quick response by private security operatives helped two tourists recover their passports and other stolen goods after they were held at knifepoint in Central on Monday.
For the first At The Frontier of 2024, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy new year and a peaceful, healthy and prosperous 12 months ahead.
A pamphlet with safety tips for tourists meant to be handed out to them as they hit Nelson Mandela Bay’s shores could instead be just the thing that lands them in dangerous situations.