In a heated public meeting where the metro police ultimately had to intervene as residents would not allow officials from the Department of Human Settlements to speak, residents highlighted their issues with security guards at the two old age homes.
With no maintenance for almost a decade, grass that remains uncut, water pipes being looted, broken windows and doors, collapsing bathrooms, and electricity cables being stolen daily, residents of two municipal old age homes in Nelson Mandela Bay are living under siege. But, given the dire need.