192 people were left homeless when 81 structures were destroyed in a fire in Town Two, Khayelitsha in Cape Town on Saturday morning.
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Some 200 people met on Thursday at the Brixton Multipurpose Centre for the first day of the National Conversation about Homelessness.
In our series on homelessness, GroundUp looks at how people lacking the very basics of life are managing to get by.
The skyrocketing number of homeless people shocked many as stats showed an increase of homeless people has more than doubled.
Hundreds volunteered to count the homeless people living on the streets of Tshwane in hopes to get accurate data and steps needed to assist.
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‘This is a result of the ANC having zero will towards the people of SA,’ wrote one person after seeing the homeless man losing his blanket.
‘This will always be funny to those who live an easy life,’ a social media user wrote after the video of homeless people was shared online.
Law enforcement officers in Cape Town have fined over 20 homeless people for a number of offences that they cannot pay.
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Singer Zahara – who stands to lose her home should she not settle her loan – has humbly asked her fans to donate money to her.
The City of Cape Town has denied claims that its officials put up a set of ‘offensive’ anti-homeless stickers in a local shopping centre.
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A scuffle had ensued after the Cape Town law enforcement officer instructed the homeless man to put out a small fire he had started
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The City of Cape Town said on Sunday it would be spending just shy of R27m on interventions for homeless people in this financial year.
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The artist, Willem Pretorius, believes that a ‘bergie’ stole his painting worth R100k after mistaking it for a television.