About 100 properties in Nelson Mandela Bay have been hijacked by criminals, vagrants and foreign nationals who are driving investment away in the inner city. A raid on derelict buildings by the police, metro police, Humewood police station community police forum and a private security company in Richmond Hill on Thursday uncovered a raft of problems.
A Nelson Mandela Bay historian is opening old wounds in his quest to get the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA), Nelson Mandela Bay municipality and other government entities to formally conserve the century-old Mfengu graves discovered in Richmond Park.
Labelled a cesspit with crumbling walls and floors, and no lighting or ventilation, a building in Richmond Hill, raided by the police at the weekend, has highlighted the rampant and unchallenged decay of the area.
Water tanks installed in a prime position the Donkin Reserve are blocking the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s picture-perfect plan to boost tourism in the city.