One of the country's most popular hiking trails is safe from being closed down ... for now. A steering committee has been established to come up with ways of providing security for hikers following attacks on visitors in the Amphitheatre region of the Drakensberg near the Lesotho border.The recent attacks - including one on April 24 in which three friends were stoned, beaten with knobkerries and set upon by hunting dogs while in their tents - have highlighted safety concerns at the World Heritage site.Cash-strapped local authorities said they were powerless to stop the attacks but warned that the area could be closed "to all persons" unless remedies were found.Veteran KwaZulu-Natal hikers David Moldenhauer, Jody Main-Baillie and Cameron McLean were assaulted after they had set up camp on the first day of a 13-day hike known as the "Great Traverse" - a journey from the Southern to the Northern Drakensberg.Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife spokesman Musa Mntambo said the steering committee was set up after a meeting yesterday that was attended by more than 60 people, including officials from the Department of Environmental Affairs."The meeting went very well and it resolved that a steering committee be set up that would come up with ideas to provide security at the Amphitheatre," said Mntambo.KwaZulu-Natal tourism MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu has commissioned a report into the attacks in the area...