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The Story Of A New Zealand Woman, 80, Being Rescued From Squalid Life In South Africa Is Like A Bonkers TV Show
27 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The rescue of an elderly New Zealand woman living near squalid conditions in Durban is absolutely bonkers and could be adjacent to the TV show ‘Shameless’.
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High Court Orders ‘Provision Of Alternative Accommodation’ To People Evicted From Public Spaces In Cape Town
27 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The city also agreed to amend the shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution.
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‘Night on the Street’ Campaign Launches Saturday, Encouraging Community Participation To Combat Homelessness
16 May 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
In order to combat the plight of homelessness, U-Turn launched its ‘Night on the Street’ campaign, encouraging the community to camp outdoors on Saturday 18 May.
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Cape Town Mayor Shares Insight On How The City Is Helping People From The Street To Move To Safe Places
05 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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Thursday Morning Spice
01 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Chad the Champ strikes double gold in Luxembourg, Chinese hackers are preparing to ‘wreak havoc’ on US, 10111 dysfunctional for almost a week, Springboks sign All Blacks icon, and Beautician claims she’s heir to Lamborghini
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Homeless People Living At Sea Point Tennis Court Willing To Move, But…
09 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The City of Cape Town filed a new eviction order last month, but with some people having lived there for nearly six years, relocating the homeless will be challenging.
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Researchers Gave Homeless People $7 500 As An Experiment, Here’s What Happened
07 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Conducted between 2018 and 2020, the study tracked 115 homeless people in Vancouver between the ages of 19-65 over a year.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
11 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Thabo Bester finally arrested, Caitlyn Jenner blasts ‘woke’ Nike, Mass shooting streamed live on Instagram, License plate sold for $15 Million, and the six biggest revelations from Pentagon Leaks.
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Concerned About All The Homeless People? Susan Sarandon Proves The Homeless Crisis Stretches To California
21 Oct 2022 by Jacqui / No Comments
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.
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Cape Town’s Homeless Policies: Report Suggests 24-Hour Toilets, Showers, And Secure Storage For Belongings
05 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new 400-page report, compiled by The Inkathalo Conversations (TIC), has made more than 150 recommendations regarding how the city deals with homelessness.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
04 Aug 2021 by Kiernan / No Comments
Tension boiling over in Sea Point. Another Digital Vibes shocker. Kim Jong Un Band-Aid sparks rumours. Ozzie Olympians’ rowdy flight. R. Kelly broke and overweight.
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These Are Cape Town’s Proposed Homeless People By-Laws And Reasoning
11 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
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.
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City Of Cape Town Has To Rebuild The Hout Bay Homes They Demolished
16 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Western Cape High Court yesterday found in favour of residents of Hangberg, in Hout Bay, ruling that the City’s conduct was “unlawful and unconstitutional”.
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Pure Evil: Someone Is Poisoning And Then Filming Homeless People
12 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
There’s something truly evil about a person that gets a kick out of exploiting and hurting the most vulnerable people in society.
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Sea Point Car Torched As Feeding Homeless Dispute Turns Ugly [Videos]
07 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sea Point resident Peter Wagenaar has been feeding the homeless in his area during the lockdown period. On Wednesday morning, he woke up to his car being torched.
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From Bad To Worse At Cape Town’s ‘Homeless Village’
29 Apr 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The City of Cape Town-run Strandfontein ‘homeless village’ encountered problems from day one, and now a damning report is calling for its immediate closure.
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Stones And Rubber Bullets: Things Have Already Gone South At Cape ‘Homeless Village’ [Video]
08 Apr 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Homeless people at the so-called ‘homeless village’ organised a protest against their living conditions, with things turning violent.
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Video And Images From Cape Town’s New ‘Homeless Village’
07 Apr 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The City of Cape Town has set up a ‘homeless village’ at the Strandfontein Sports Complex, to accommodate people during the 21-day lockdown.
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Cape Town City Officials Defy Court Order – Continue To Harass The Homeless
20 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The City of Cape Town is being accused of being in contempt of a court order that prohibited them from harassing the homeless.
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Check Out Which Famous Stars Used To Be Homeless
15 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Some of the world’s richest and most famous celebrities grew up surrounded by tough conditions with serious odds to overcome.
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Police Think The Pretoria Killer May Have Struck Before
24 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Police think that eight unsolved murders in the Eastern Cape could help them profile the Pretoria serial killer.
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Suspected Serial Killer Dubbed ‘Night Crawler’ On The Loose In Pretoria
20 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Police have established a high-level task team to hunt down the man responsible for a series of murders in Pretoria, as the body count rises.
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Meghan’s Half-Brother Is Back In Another Markle Family Scandal
29 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
In a classic Markle family move, Meghan’s half-brother is talking to the tabloids about his current living conditions. Sounds like he wants a pity party.
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Complete Lie: Homeless Man’s Fake Generosity Raises R5,6 Million Crowdfunding
16 Nov 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
People were moved to donate to the fundraising initiative for the kindly homeless man who helped a stranded woman – turns out the entire story was an elaborate scam.
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Just A Drunk Bum? Man Shares What It Was Like Being Homeless For 25 Years
25 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
For a quarter of a century, Gregory P Smith travelled around a country that shunned his very existence, and eventually drove him into a rainforest.
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Latest Study Shows That Pretoria’s Beggars Are Absolutely Coining It
22 Mar 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Life on the streets is anything but easy, and beggars face daily hardships that most of us will never understand. That being said, some are managing to stay afloat.
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Why The City Of Cape Town Says You Shouldn’t Give Money To The Homeless
12 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s always tough saying no to those in need whilst you wait for the light to turn green, but if you dish out cash the City says you might be part of the problem.
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Beggars Get The Pepper Spray Treatment In The Southern Suburbs [Photo]
03 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
A homeless man was allegedly given a dose of pepper spray in the face by a motorist in Claremont, and it’s causing a real stir on social media.
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Wealthy People Don’t Really Have A Problem With Beggars
24 Oct 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Sure, we all get a little frustrated with getting asked for money from beggars, but this is how wealthy people deal with their unwanted advances
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IOL Has A Homeless Man Writing A Regular Column Now – Read It Here
12 Apr 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
Life on the streets of Cape Town is anything but easy, and someone who knows that first hand is now penning a diary. Here’s the first entry.
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