The city also agreed to amend the shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution.
Opened during the lockdown, The Obz Rainbow House has been a place of refuge for street-based members of the Obs community who were looking to take the next step, get off the streets and find work and shelter.
Geordin Hill-Lewis, the Mayor of Cape Town, said he is raising these issues to increase public awareness of what it takes to offer care to the vulnerable and manage public places sustainably.
It is possible to retain your humanity and still not want a vagrant to build a shack in your kid’s playground, isn’t it?
Homelessness has become quite a massive issue in the United States and Sarandon’s post proves that the crisis is growing each and every day.
The City of Cape Town has called for public comment on proposed amendments to the Streets, Public Places and Noise Nuisance by-law, which critics say criminalises homelessness.
Homeless people at the so-called ‘homeless village’ organised a protest against their living conditions, with things turning violent.
The City of Cape Town is being accused of being in contempt of a court order that prohibited them from harassing the homeless.
The City of Cape Town’s approach to homelessness came under fire earlier this month. Earlier this morning, it appears that Metro Police was taking a hard line.