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How the City of Cape Town discriminates against the homeless

How the City of Cape Town discriminates against the homeless

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Sep 23, 2023

COLUMN: Carlos Mesquita writes about the perception between those who are unhoused in Cape Town, versus those who have landed up on the streets in the CBD and affluent suburbs who are called “the homeless”.

This year we’re ‘putting the ID back in DIgnity’ for the homeless. Here’s how you can help...

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Sep 17, 2023

COLUMN: Carlos Mesquita writes that the lack of identification has disproportionately affected homeless people, whose ID documents are often removed by some law enforcement agencies or stolen along with backpacks hidden in drains.

This year we’re ‘putting the ID back in DIgnity’ for the homeless. Here’s how you can help...

This year we’re ‘putting the ID back in DIgnity’ for the homeless. Here’s how you can help...

Study provides hope on how we can help the homeless

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Sep 9, 2023

Study provides hope on how we can help the homeless

Some people have lost all of their humanity when it comes to interacting with the homeless

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Sep 2, 2023

Some people have lost all of their humanity when it comes to interacting with the homeless

The City of Cape Town is lying when it says it has no mandate over those experiencing homelessness

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Aug 12, 2023

The City of Cape Town is lying when it says it has no mandate over those experiencing homelessness

The homeless are the new victims of the DA-sponsored new apartheid

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Aug 5, 2023

The homeless are the new victims of the DA-sponsored new apartheid

The Department Social Department is again offering temporary accommodation in 100bed prison-style dormitories where individuals have no agency

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 29, 2023

The Department Social Department is again offering temporary accommodation in 100bed prison-style dormitories where individuals have no agency

As a society and a City, we are constantly becoming more exclusive of those who do not fit our perception

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 22, 2023

As a society and a City, we are constantly becoming more exclusive of those who do not fit our perception

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In practice, our homelessness policy blurs the distinction between services and prison

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 15, 2023

In practice, our homelessness policy blurs the distinction between services and prison

In practice, our homelessness policy blurs the distinction between services and prison

During one of my 3 month stints at Pollsmoor I was seconded to working for a warder at the royal fee of R1.36 p/d

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 8, 2023

During one of my 3 month stints at Pollsmoor I was seconded to working for a warder at the royal fee of R1.36 p/d

During one of my 3 month stints at Pollsmoor I was seconded to working for a warder at the royal fee of R1.36 p/d

What happens when your smile is also a painful revelation of a hard life lived

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 24, 2023

What happens when your smile is also a painful revelation of a hard life lived

What happens when your smile is also a painful revelation of a hard life lived

And if I lived to tell the tale, would I be telling the tale from a hospital bed with a broken appendage or neck?

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 17, 2023

And if I lived to tell the tale, would I be telling the tale from a hospital bed with a broken appendage or neck?

And if I lived to tell the tale, would I be telling the tale from a hospital bed with a broken appendage or neck?

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 10, 2023

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, I aim to change the narrative on homelessness

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 27, 2023

Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, I aim to change the narrative on homelessness

Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, I aim to change the narrative on homelessness

You see it’s not just me ‘move away from one size fits all programmes’ -Carlos Mesquita

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 20, 2023

You see it’s not just me ‘move away from one size fits all programmes’ -Carlos Mesquita

You see it’s not just me ‘move away from one size fits all programmes’ -Carlos Mesquita

City-funded Safe Spaces have been and continue to be rejected by those living on the streets for good reasons

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 6, 2023

City-funded Safe Spaces have been and continue to be rejected by those living on the streets for good reasons

City-funded Safe Spaces have been and continue to be rejected by those living on the streets for good reasons