As crime rates surge, earning Gqeberha the lamentable title of SA’s most violent city, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has failed to secure a new contract for ShotSpotter, with the technology not being used since December.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s emergency medical services (EMS) workers are so traumatised by being targeted by criminals that they will no longer enter hotspot areas without a police escort.
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has deployed 32 new safety and security wardens to the Gqeberha central business district to improve safety for residents, tourists and businesses.
Firefighters have had their hands full with more than 400 fires raging across Nelson Mandela Bay since January 1 and fire and emergency services department officials suspect many of them may have been deliberately set.