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South Africa, like many nations, has long viewed homelessness as an inevitable fact of modern life, but the coronavirus epidemic is offering an unexpected chance to give those on the streets a ...
Street people sleeping in the Company Gardens, Cape Town. Homelessness in South Africa dates back to the apartheid period. [1] Increasing unemployment, lack of affordable housing, social disintegration, and social and economic policies have all been identified as contributing factors to the issue. [2]
Anti-homelessness legislation can take two forms: legislation that aims to help and re-house homeless people; and legislation that is intended to send homeless people to homeless shelters compulsorily, or to criminalize homelessness and begging.
The rights such as the right to public participation, equality, human dignity, and access to information are amongst the cross cutting rights linked with right to adequate housing as noted by the Constitutional Court in Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Grootboom and Others 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC) [8]
The Supreme Court will consider whether city ordinances that bar homeless people from camping on public property violate constitutional protections against "cruel and unusual punishment ...
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Grants Pass v.Johnson.In doing so, it will consider whether the criminalization of homelessness (outlawing unavoidable activities ...
South Africa is a country within Africa that experiences high rates of family homelessness as economic inequality within the country is evident as 79% of the population live under the poverty line, as well as an unemployment rate of 28%. With minimal financial security, access to basic necessities such as food and water are limited, family ...
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