Phillip de WetMy wife and I got married in #Hogsback, and we seriously considered moving there. These restrictions on movement are heartbreaking.
We also have family elsewhere in the #EasternCape who may well owe their lives to this same paramilitary security group, in the absence of anything approaching effective policing.
Hogsback locals say paramilitary-style security is ruining tourism
Hogsback locals say paramilitary-style security is ruining tourism
Locals and visitors to the lush valley of Hogsback in the Eastern Cape have been increasingly restricted from hiking the village's more than 80-year-old trails after the local forestry company hired armed guards and stationed them at the start of many of the footpaths and routes to landmarks
Adi 🐾 (he/him)
Ross Brown
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