The City of Cape Town says the Culemborg site for the homeless is not ready to accommodate them.
A draft order issued by the Western Cape High Court on May 21 authorised the City to accommodate the homeless who were to be moved from the Strandfontein Temporary Shelter to the Culemborg safe site by no later than May 31.
In terms of the draft court order, 96 people were to be accommodated at the site, whereas 178 people were “dropped” by law enforcement officers at Culemborg on May 21. Spokesperson for the Homeless Action Committee Carlos Mesquitta was among those who shared Tent No 2. “Prior to us being taken to Strandfontein we were promised that the City would look after us. We had already been taken to Culemborg from various places and we were told to leave our stuff behind. We rode in luxury buses to Strandfontein.
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