For the first At The Frontier of 2024, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy new year and a peaceful, healthy and prosperous 12 months ahead.
Despite the fears of many Gqeberha residents, it appears all is not lost in the city’s historic Central district. In this column a few weeks ago I reported how the old Newspaper House on Baakens Street is being used as a leading training academy for the manufacturing sector.
Historic military lookout points have become an eyesore and health and safety risk as vagrants move into the old structures in one of Gqeberha’s most high-end oceanside neighbourhoods.