A decision to insource security guards in 2017 continues to haunt Nelson Mandela Bay, with unprotected cemeteries the latest municipal assets to be targeted by vandals.
Not even graveyards are safe from vandals and vagrants, with the Bethelsdorp cemetery the latest to fall prey to a wave of vandalism that has gripped Nelson Mandela Bay.
Hiring trucks, buying refuse bags and employing 500 unemployed people through the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP). This is how the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality hopes to tackle illegal dumping and littering in the city, with a focus on townships and the northern areas.
Poor hygiene and an increase in illegal dumping in Motherwell, Kamvelihle and Wells Estate townships could heighten the risk of a bubonic plague outbreak.