A matric pupil has been hailed a hero after he risked his own health to assist several patients at Life Mercantile Hospital to escape the smoke that engulfed their ward when a small fire broke out on Tuesday morning.
Frustrated by empty promises from the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, Korsten business owners have taken matters into their own hands and employed residents to clean up the filthy business precinct.
Traffic congestion, a rising crime rate and lack of visible policing, piles of rubbish everywhere that are magnets for rats, and businesses forced to operate from the street.