The Muizenberg Improvement District (MID) is up in arms after the City of Cape Town dropped off a group of homeless people from the Strandfontein Temporary Shelter in the area. TheCapeArgus lockdown
Cape Town - The Muizenberg Improvement District is up in arms after the City dropped off a group of homeless people from the Strandfontein Temporary Shelter in the area.
Mayco Member for Community Services and Health, Zahid Badroodien, said: “Homelessness is an unfortunate reality that the City is actively addressing through its Street People Unit. It is mischievous for the MID to suggest that the City is not assisting homeless people during the Covid-19 pandemic.”“They did not inform us. We had meetings before the end of April, and they asked us to provide them with a list of shelters. They have not built a site.
Some of the homeless have set up makeshift shelters and tents at a park while others are living in the bushes.
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