With plans to erect fences, put up 600 cameras and increase patrols, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has committed to securing memorial sites across the metro to curb wanton vandalism and theft.
From booking the first concert tours of late pop juggernaut Brenda Fassie and Africa’s queen of gospel Dr Rebecca Malope, music promoter and celebrated storyteller Mike Pantsi is pinning his success on New Brighton.
The hub for arts and music, a breeding ground for sporting talent, and the home of heroic figures in SA’s turbulent political history these are just some of the role New Brighton has played over the past 120 years.
Determined to see the development and restoration of historic New Brighton, a group of former residents are putting education, business, safety and cleanliness at the forefront of the township’s transformation.