South Africa: Plucky Pensioner, 76, Patrols Mitchells Plain's Crime-Ridden Streets

21 February 2017

Dressed in her floral shirt and comfortable sandals, there is nothing intimidating about pint-sized Wilhelmina Minnaar.

But when she dons her reflective jacket and takes to the streets before sunrise and after dark, even hardened gangsters think twice before committing crimes on her watch.

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