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Picture: Sbonelo Ngcobo. Walking down Lilian Ngoyi Windermere Road, the group of residents encounter a few people β some scurry away while the others stay put.
The team, made up of about a dozen members, take to the streets in order to "hinder or deter" prostitution activities. Local ward councillor Martin Meyer organised the "prostitution patrol".
The team inspects a building on Percy Osborne Road in Morningside. Durban - It's well after dark in Durban, and the hot and sweaty night is punctured by a soft drizzle falling over the city. The soft glow of the nearby street lights catches flitting shadows on the road below. While most residents have already retreated to their beds for the night, Meyer, together with about a dozen other residents, has taken to the streets of Morningside. The Independent on Saturday joins the group as they set out on the first of what they hope will become regular street patrols.
They set out on a route that takes in most of the hotspots in the area. When we are driving or walking around our own neighbourhood, you see the ladies. Even kids can see what is happening. Our vision as residents is to see our neighbourhood be a good place for a family to live. Over the past four years it's escalated and there is a lot of activity on the roads in and around Morningside.
