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Media Advisory: SAHRC engages government on the plight of the homeless community in Cape Town
23 June 2022
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has over the past few years received and noted myriad challenges faced by the people living and sleeping on the streets (referred to as ‘homeless people’) in the Cape Town Metro and the province at large. The number of the homeless people has increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have also been several complaints lodged in recent years relating to the treatment of homeless people by law enforcement agencies.
Attention: Editors and Reporters
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has over the past few years received and noted myriad challenges faced by the people living and sleeping on the streets (referred to as ‘homeless people’) in the Cape Town Metro and the province at large. The number of the homeless people has increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have also been several complaints lodged in recent years relating to the treatment of homeless people by law enforcement agencies.
It is for this reason that the SAHRC Western Cape Provincial Office will host a stakeholder engagement on the plight of addressing this issue of homelessness in the Western Cape.
The primary purpose of the meeting is to engage with the Western Cape Inter-governmental Forum on homelessness regarding best practices and mechanisms that are used to deal with the issue of homelessness in the province.
The stakeholder engagement will take place as follows:
DATE AREA VENUE TIME
24 June 2022 132 Adderley Street, Cape Town SAHRC Boardroom, Cape Town 10h00
For further information or enquiries, please contact: SAHRC Western Cape Advocacy and Research Officer, Mr. Lesego Eugene Raphalane (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) on 021 426 2277/083 859 5949
Alternatively: Western Cape Acting Provincial Manager, Mr. Matthew Du Plessis on 061 585 1618 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
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