Cape Town’s homeless fight looming eviction – SABC News [Video]

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A group of homeless people from various sites in Cape Town’s Central Business District face eviction. This comes after the Western Cape High Court granted the City of Cape Town Municipality a court order for their removal.

The court order in question stipulates that they vacate the sites by August 1.

Notices following the court order have already been placed onto lamp poles by the Municipality.

These prohibit any occupation in the areas, making it a criminal office, especially in the District Six area.

Some of the homeless people affected are located opposite the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

A stone’s throw away from the Castle is another spot for the homeless. This site is also used as a recycling area for the homeless to make a living.

But one homeless man who lives here says he came to the City for work and ended up on the streets. He …