Gqeberha residents are pulling together to restore a busy but once gracious thoroughfare in Richmond Hill that has been brought to the brink by criminals, drug addicts, rogue tenants and tonnes of rat-infested rubbish and excrement.
A woman’s stokvel money allegedly stolen and a car guard choked and stabbed these are just two of the cases police in Nelson Mandela Bay have been implicated in recently.
The Historical Society of Port Elizabeth has launched an initiative to showcase Gqeberha’s maritime riches and in so doing create jobs, boost the economy, and engender an inclusive sense of pride.