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Ondersteuners ontmoet hul Blitsbokhelde by N1 Stad Cole du Toit van Parow park was onder die ondersteuners wat Saterdag die handteke ningsessie van die Blitsbokke by N1Stadwin kelsentrum bygewoon het. Hier wens hy Chris Dry voorspoed toe vir wanneer die Blitsbokke hul wêreld kroon by die eerste HSBC Sewestoernooi op Vrydag 1 en Saterdag 2 Desember in Dubai gaan verdedig. Die Blitsbokke vertrek op Saterdag 25 November na Dubai. FOTO: CARINA ROUX
HOMELESSNESS: CITY SAYS STREET PEOPLE ‘SHOULD NOT BE MARGINALISED’
Parow’s predicament AVRIL FILLIES
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esidents of Parow North are at their wits’ end with vagrants sleeping under the bridge in Tierberg Road. When asked to leave the area, they become abusive and swear at the residents. One resident is concerned about crime and the safety of the elderly in their homes, and children walking to and from school. Other complaints include the waste discarded under the bridge and the absence of bath and toilet facilities for the vagrants. Most of them are absent during the day but reappear at night and in the early morning.
TygerBurger was approached to help address the problem, and an enquiry with all the complaints was sent to the City of Cape Town for answers. The first question was: Whose responsibility are the vagrants and what can be done to address this problem in Parow North? “Homelessness is a worldwide phenomenon that is more prominent in some places than others. This is largely due to economic circumstances. As with any other city, Cape Town is caught in the unenviable position of managing the rights of street people and those of the rest of the population. Street people cannot and should not be marginalised,
and neither can we ignore the daily complaints from across the City relating to the impact that street people have on the lives of others,” said Siyabulela Mamkeli, Mayco member for Area Central in the City of Cape Town. “The City’s fieldworkers and the Reintegration Unit of the Social Development Department engage with street people on a daily basis to establish the reasons for people ending up on the street, to conduct needs assessments and offer assistance (acceptance of which is voluntary). Those accepting assistance are referred to shelters, reunited with their families, and offered access to Ex-
panded Public Works Programme (EPWP) job opportunities. Unfortunately, many street people decline our assistance and we cannot force them to accept the services offered, nor do we have a legal mandate to remove a person,” he said. “That being said, the City’s Law Enforcement Department conducts regular patrols in identified hotspot areas. Staff act on bylaw contraventions and will attend to any illegally erected structures, fires in public places, antisocial behaviour, etc. Action will be taken against anyone who transgresses bylaws or other legislation,” he said. V To page 2.