Municipality urged to flatten Central problem building

Time running out on permit to demolish property described as a drug den and crime hotspot

With a permit to demolish a derelict building in Gqeberha due to expire, the Central Special Rates’ Association has urged the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to take action and rid the area of the property labelled a drug den and crime thoroughfare by residents.

On Thursday, the Central Special Rates’ Association (SRA) and Ward 5 councillor Terri Stander picketed outside the burnt and derelict building in Clyde Street to force the municipality to demolish the building...

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