City of Cape Town to remove homeless people from city centre
“We believe that this decision will only further marginalize and traumatize an already vulnerable population”
– Homeless Action Coalition
Homeless
3 shelters for Joburg’s 15,000 homeless
Homeless people complain that they cannot afford the R8 entry fee charged at the Kotze Street shelter which belongs to the City of Johannesburg.
Homeless in the ‘Mother City’
As World Homeless Day was marked, the City of Cape Town declared it intends appealing a court ruling that it pay compensation to homeless people it removed from District 6.
Houses demolished, families evicted near East London Airport
Despite the ongoing national state of disaster that prohibits evictions, the Department of Public Works says it demolished new and under construction structures that interfere with an airport runway.
Mbalula promises action from new Station Commander in Phillipi East
After the mass killings in Marikana informal settlement, Cape Town, on the weekend that took 11 lives, the full force of ministerial bluster descended on the area to try reassure a community in shock. Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula, continued with his tough talk as he presented a new Station Commander for the Philippi East Police Station.
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