Port
Elizabeth - The oldest profession in the world has got residents of an
affluent Nelson Mandela Bay suburb hot under the collar.
They arrived in their posh German sedans to engage current mayor and ANC mayoral candidate Danny Jordaan on some societal issues that irk them, and prostitution was high on the list.
The meeting on Tuesday night at the local NG Kerk had residents speaking out spoke out against a spate of break-ins in their mansions; unemployment; and a lack of municipal facilities such as crèches, clinics and high schools.
They also complained about some homes being left half built, saying they attracted rogue and criminal elements into their exclusive neighbourhood.
Zukiswa Gqola, 50, spoke at great length about social ills in the area, saying the issues dated back to 2014.
“We could block the entire N2 freeway and burn everything if we were to protest over these issues,” she said.
Originally from Mdantsane, the Eastern Cape’s largest township, Gqola said the area between the St Georges Strand and Truck Inn, a truck-stop, had degenerated into a hub of prostitution. The ladies of the night, she said, were running amok in all their nakedness.
“Maybe they were not told where their workstation is,” said Gqola, who kept on referring to prostitution as legal in the country, as Jordaan looked on.
She shot down the idea that the environment needed to be protected at all costs, saying the unkempt bushes in the area had resulted in a huge snake infestation.
Jordaan, who was joined on the stage by former DA councillor Knight Mali, who has since joined the ruling party, said issues of unemployment, tourism, agriculture, and township economy, were receiving priorities from lCity Hall.
He acknowledged that the economy of the metro, comprising Port Elizabeth, Despatch, and the industrial town of Uitenhage, was largely built on the back of the crucial automotive sector.
However, the sector – General Motors, VW, and Ford all have plants in the metro – could no longer create jobs.
The skills were also important in growing the economy to create jobs, said Jordaan.
The port of Port Elizabeth also presented opportunities to grow the ANC-governed metro.
“We want to have a waterfront in the port of PE, and the waterfront will be the best waterfront,” he said, to applause from the residents, mostly professionals. IOL
They arrived in their posh German sedans to engage current mayor and ANC mayoral candidate Danny Jordaan on some societal issues that irk them, and prostitution was high on the list.
The meeting on Tuesday night at the local NG Kerk had residents speaking out spoke out against a spate of break-ins in their mansions; unemployment; and a lack of municipal facilities such as crèches, clinics and high schools.
They also complained about some homes being left half built, saying they attracted rogue and criminal elements into their exclusive neighbourhood.
Zukiswa Gqola, 50, spoke at great length about social ills in the area, saying the issues dated back to 2014.
“We could block the entire N2 freeway and burn everything if we were to protest over these issues,” she said.
Originally from Mdantsane, the Eastern Cape’s largest township, Gqola said the area between the St Georges Strand and Truck Inn, a truck-stop, had degenerated into a hub of prostitution. The ladies of the night, she said, were running amok in all their nakedness.
“Maybe they were not told where their workstation is,” said Gqola, who kept on referring to prostitution as legal in the country, as Jordaan looked on.
She shot down the idea that the environment needed to be protected at all costs, saying the unkempt bushes in the area had resulted in a huge snake infestation.
Jordaan, who was joined on the stage by former DA councillor Knight Mali, who has since joined the ruling party, said issues of unemployment, tourism, agriculture, and township economy, were receiving priorities from lCity Hall.
He acknowledged that the economy of the metro, comprising Port Elizabeth, Despatch, and the industrial town of Uitenhage, was largely built on the back of the crucial automotive sector.
However, the sector – General Motors, VW, and Ford all have plants in the metro – could no longer create jobs.
The skills were also important in growing the economy to create jobs, said Jordaan.
The port of Port Elizabeth also presented opportunities to grow the ANC-governed metro.
“We want to have a waterfront in the port of PE, and the waterfront will be the best waterfront,” he said, to applause from the residents, mostly professionals. IOL
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