People living in Tyzack Street, near the beachfront, are fed up with the night-time noise, the illegal parking and being offered drugs.
"The nightclubs are a huge source of frustration and they (the residents) feel threatened in the area... they can't get to their garages," said Yvonne Wildenboer, chairperson of the South Beach Urban Improvement Precinct (UIP), who was explaining some of the community's concerns at the weekly beachfront crime meeting.
There are three nightclubs in the area and the management have told the police that the night-time noise comes from people congregating in the road outside.
Tyzack Street is a short, narrow road running between Gillespie Street and Marine Parade, and residents who live in flats above the Belmont Centre cannot get back into their garages because of the congestion and the cars that are parked illegally.
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"And it's said you can get any drugs you wish if you walk in Tyzack Street," Wildenboer said.
The deals are not done there and then, though.
People are slipped bits of paper giving telephone numbers of who to get in touch with if they are interested.
Now, committee member SAPS Senior Superintendent Nick Kleynhans has promised to take swift action.
"I don't like the words 'no-go area'. Let's say it is an area of concern. We will rectify this and I will put at least eight policemen in there every night on a stop and search operation.
"They will become a nuisance," he told the committee, a gathering of various law enforcement and security agencies and hotel and UIP representatives.
Symptoms
Committee chairperson Senior Superintendent Johan van der Westhuizen said that while this would deal with the symptoms, the root cause of the trouble also had to be addressed.
Having nightclubs in residential areas should never have been approved, he said.
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