A huge crowd gathered on Tuesday when furious prostitutes living in the old Geen & Richards building in SADC Street took on their caretaker.<\/p>\n
They accused him of scaring away clients by demanding that customers entering the premises buy him a cold drink first. They also claim that he has ‘favourite girls’ to which he takes the customers, causing the other girls in the building to lose out on business.<\/p>\n
“Only certain girls make a lot of money because he tells the customers where to go,” one woman complained.<\/p>\n
The women say that their rent has been pushed up from R3 500 per room to R4 000 per room, an amount they are not able to pay.<\/p>\n
The fight that broke out saw upset women taking a stand against a barefoot man on the sidewalk next to the busy SADC Street. Two uniformed police officers on the scene, listened what the fight was about and then turned and left.<\/p>\n
Upon the arrival of the Middelburg Observer journalists, the man, defiantly dared them to enter the building.<\/p>\n