South Africa: Kraaifontein Sports Complex Stripped By Vandals

22 November 2017

Sports fans no longer flock to the Blue Ridge Sports Complex in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein. The six buildings that make up the complex have all been vandalised, some stripped of roof tiles, electrical plugs, water taps, toilets, windows and doors. A stench of faeces and urine fills the air in some of the rooms.

Thobela Arosi, secretary for the facility's management committee, says, "Because toilets are blocked and filthy, players and sport fans relieve themselves on the floor inside the damaged buildings or ask to use toilets in nearby houses."

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