Cape suburb at a loss over drunken sailors
10 December 2017 - 00:00
Military life is supposed to be about discipline and boot polish, not booze and boogie.
Not so at a Simon's Town naval barracks, where police and civic officials are powerless to tone down huge weekend parties.
The City of Cape Town said its legal and health departments had been called in to speak to the navy over the conduct of hundreds of cadets at Waterfall barracks, in the formerly quiet suburb of Mount Pleasant.
To date, law enforcement attempts to intervene have proved useless, with barracks management insisting they do not fall under the city's jurisdiction.
Residents have now also reported the matter to the military ombudsman in Pretoria, submitting a detailed logbook of infringements dating back five years...
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