Homeless
Covid-19 lockdown bridges social divide for Durban’s homeless
Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years
Interview | 24 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown affords homeless shelter in Louis Trichardt
Shelter came as a relief, says a 23-year-old, who used to sleep at a car wash
Brief | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: Homeless in PE ask what will happen after the lockdown is lifted
“We can’t just let them go back to the streets like that” says social development MEC
News | 17 April 2020
Homeless people ask judge to find Dan Plato and JP Smith in contempt of court
They allege that City of Cape Town officials have confiscated their private property in violation of a court order
Law | 20 September 2019
No shelters for Johannesburg’s homeless
City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 July 2019
Homeless artist carves out a living
Michael Helsie makes wooden sculptures of animals
Photo Essay | 2 February 2018
Bedfordview beggars face crackdown
Fuelled by rhetoric on crime, attitudes to beggars all over the country are hardening
Feature | 25 October 2017
Epileptic, asthmatic and on the streets
All Cassiem Johnson wants is a house
Feature | 21 August 2017
Homeless in Durban “dumped” outside the city
Municipality spokesperson says “vagrants” are a “scourge”
Feature | 9 December 2016