Homeless

Homeless in District Six begins to erect makeshift tents Media reports point to a group of well-known businessmen as allegedly using intimidation tactics against those assisting the homeless in Sea Point. Those who extend a helping hand to the homeless are targeted on social media.Sea Point resident Peter Wagenaar had his…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 1 Aug 2021 6:50PM · Community activists in a protest against evictions and alleged unfair treatment of tenants in New York on May 10. Millions of Americans could find themselves homeless starting today as a nationwide ban on evictions expires. – EPA pic, August 1,…

Protesters camped again out at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday night, demanding an extension of the federal moratorium on evictions as more than 10 million Americans who are behind on their rent face potential homelessness. The 11-month moratorium was originally introduced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when…

TOKYO —  For the last week, the Olympic flame has been burning atop a wide pedestrian bridge on a scenic stretch of the Tokyo Bay waterfront. Deep into the muggy Tokyo summer night, a steady stream of locals stop to snap photos of the cauldron, one of the rare spots in…

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada has had functionally zero homeless for about six years. Japan, Singapore and Denmark also have been very successful in dealing with homelessness. Singapore is a multi-ethnic society with about 6 million people. Hamilton, Canada ( a city with a population of 750,000) has also has great…

Jesse Ramdeo An el­der­ly Princes Town man is now home­less af­ter a land­slide de­stroyed his prop­er­ty. And if los­ing his home was not enough, Lalchan Ram­sawak was fur­ther re­duced to noth­ing when thieves seized the op­por­tu­ni­ty to steal his be­long­ings. Ear­li­er this month, 78-year-old Ram­sawak no­ticed a dis­tur­bance at his…

First Help, the largest towing company in the Southern Hemisphere, has an annual Blanket Drive which takes place in the winter. The drive aims to hand out blankets to the homeless in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Author David Gemmell – he wrote the book ‘Joost, Man in the Mirror’ about rugby’s…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Janice Mirikitani, a beloved San Francisco poet laureate who together with her husband ran the city's Glide Memorial Church, which caters to the poor and homeless, has died. She was 80. Mirikitani died suddenly Thursday, the church confirmed in a message to supporters who were scheduled…

The LA City Council passed an ordinance that would prohibit homeless encampments in some areas of the city. The measure restricts "sitting, lying, or sleeping or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property in the public right-of-way." The measure passed Wednesday in a 13-2 vote, but LA Mayor Garcetti still…

With the floodwaters in western and coastal Maharashtra gradually draining out after a week, the toll climbed up to 213 on Wednesday, with 53,295 people rendered homeless and living in 349 relief camps, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said. At least 8 people are still reported missing, and 52…