One of my uncles ‘prophesied’ that I would be a journalist. But he was not sure I had a strong constitution to withstand harassment from the powers that be. In my mind, I said a man could not have been more wrong in his life….

And that was how we gathered for an emergency meeting of the Community Development Association (CDA). There was only one item on the agenda: security! As Chairman of the CDA, I had been inundated with calls from fellow landlords and residents. Subject matter: growing fear…