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eThekwini’s homeless finally get shelter, food and medical care during lockdown
Eyewitness News visited one of the centres around eThekwini on Monday where many of the city's homeless people are being housed during the country's 21-day lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
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Life for eThekwini homeless more bearable amid COVID-19 lockdown
The city has made available temporary shelters and health screening for those living on the streets.
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COVID-19: Homeless people in JHB CBD say they have no blankets, access to food
Police spent the afternoon picking up homeless people in Doornfontein, taking them to an overnight shelter in Hillbrow.
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Rwanda detaining, abusing street children - rights group
Rwanda’s justice minister, Johnston Busingye, said the centre trains young people in skills including carpentry and welding and rehabilitates them from life on the streets.
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Durban church won't give up on fight to provide shelter for homeless
This comes after a case involving the Ark Christian Ministries Church in Durban was removed from the roll at the Durban High Court on Monday.
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Case by homeless people group against eThekwini Municipality removed from roll
From 1999 to 2004, the eThekwini Municipality relocated hundreds of homeless people from the Durban Ark shelter in the CBD to locations in the city's periphery and bused others to a shelter in Cape Town.
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eThekwini Municipality facing legal action over relocation of homeless people
Between 1999 and 2004, more than 800 people living at the Ark shelter for the homeless were asked to relocate in order to make way for new developments in the city.
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Happy ending: Cops rescue homeless mom, newborn baby
Officers escorting EMS staff in the area spotted a woman lying on the side of the road near the local day hospital.
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Anger over Las Vegas ban on sleeping in streets
Sleeping on the streets of the gambling hub will only be illegal in downtown Las Vegas and residential areas - not the famous casino "Strip," which comes under a different jurisdiction.
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Will Smith wants to fight homelessness
Alongside Smith, Dame Helen Mirren has also joined the cause, as she appeared in the video to encourage people to take part in the event, which will be taking place on 7 December.
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Lawyer takes legal action against CoCT for homeless fines
Lucien Lewin is representing seven homeless people who were fined in accordance with a controversial by-law.
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Heritage Day brings a 'shopping spree' to CT’s homeless people
Advertising agency M&C Saatchi Abel, in partnership with the Haven Night Shelter, is hosting The Street Store event in Green Point on Tuesday.
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PODCAST: What homeless women have to do to feel safe on SA's streets
In the fourth episode of our Homeless and Hopeless podcast, Eyewitness News looks at what homeless women need to do to make sure they're safe on the streets.
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French police shoot dead homeless man after knife threat
Bystanders called the emergency services when they saw the man, who was in his fifties, trying to kill himself.
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SAHRC, City of CT to ‘find solution’ on fining the homeless
The municipality was criticised for enforcing a by-law and fining homeless people.
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CT organisations to tackle CoCT by-law allowing homeless fines
This is after public debate over the City of Cape Town's enforcement of by-laws which led to the issuing of a 199 fines to homeless people.
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NGOs to take on City of CT over fines for homeless people
Sixteen organisations, including the Community Chest, the Haven Night Shelter and the National Network on Street Homelessness met this week.
