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Ghostly rattles and bangs

In the early days NCT occupied a quaint house in Pietermaritzburg. Being old, the building creaked and whispered in the winter winds with sash windows rattling vigorously on gusty nights. They still do. The total staff complement based in the building was about ten so control of security was fairly simple by today’s standards. Nevertheless, precautions were taken when staff worked alone after office hours. One cold night, a senior employee

decided to finalise a job. After ensuring all windows and external doors were closed and locked, he settled down to tackle what he had set out to do. Suddenly there was a loud bang announcing that a door had slammed. Thinking he might as well check which

Above: 346 and 350 Burger Street before the two buildings were joined in 1985 Below: NCT’s Head Office in 1999

door had caused the inconvenience, he left his office to investigate. The external doors were locked but not one internal door was closed in that building! It did not take him long to vacate the office. Staff overtime hours on dark winter nights dropped significantly for some time after that incident!

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