Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis said it was unfortunate that the City’s plan to increase 'dignified transitional shelter and help more people off the streets' would now be delayed.
the court granted the City’s application for eviction notices to be served at ‘various unlawful occupations in the Central Business District’. These sites in the city centre include Buitengracht Street, FW De Klerk Boulevard, Foregate Square, the Taxi Rank and Foreshore, Helen Suzman Boulevard, Strand Street, Foreshore/ N1, Virginia Avenue and Mill Street Bridge.
Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, in a statement on Wednesday said it was unfortunate that the City’s plan to increase ‘dignified transitional shelter and help more people off the streets’ would now be delayed. ‘Our city’s public places serve important social and community purposes and must be open and available for all. Illegal occupations of City open spaces impact the safety of traffic and pedestrians, as well as local businesses critical to growing the economy. Accepting social assistance to get off the streets is the best choice for dignity, health, and well-being,’ he said.
In the statement, he said Social Development officials had made repeated offers of social assistance to people occupying public spaces in the city centre, including transitional shelter at night shelters run by civic organisations andKhululiwe Bhengu, an attorney at SERI, is representing the group of about 120 homeless people. She told GroundUp that SERI had been approached by the people living at the seven sites to oppose the eviction. ‘Right now, it might seem to many that they are homeless.
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