Growing vagrants’ camp outside church angers businesses, residents

St Hugh’s rector caught between wanting to protect congregation, helping those in need

When circumstances at home become unbearable, the streets where you grew up are taken over by gangsters and you see your friends gunned down in cold blood, where can you go to find a safe place to stay?

For a small Gqeberha community, that sanctuary is the front gate of the St Hugh’s Anglican Church, in the centre of Newton Park...

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