As part of the 21-day lockdown measures, government has placed all homeless people in temporary shelters across the country to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Political analyst Tinyiko Maluleke says it’s shameful that it took the coronavirus for government to remember that there areAs part of the 21-day lockdown measures, government has placed all homeless people in temporary shelters across the country to curb the spread of COVID-19. It has also been providing tanks for people without water, especially in rural areas and informal settlements.
Maluleke says it’s worrying that government has been reactive in providing the basic services it should have been providing on a regular basis. “I suppose if we stretch our minds we could see these government interventions for the homeless, the rural and the poor as positive. But actually it’s a shame. It’s a shame that we had to wait for coronavirus before our government could think of buying Jojo tanks for poor people without water in rural areas. It’s a shame that we had to wait for coronavirus for government to begin to think about the homeless people in our city, and try to do something about their situation.
“Firstly, let me acknowledge something that we didn’t acknowledge as government; that the number of homeless people that we had on our database was hopelessly wrong. The number has increased too much; it’s beyond what government thought we have homeless people. Unfortunately, the majority of those are related to drugs and alcohol. So what we’ve done now as government is to verify the numbers that we have and provide the support that we have.”We are unveiling the new home for the homeless.
They need the help
This people should go home where they were born/staying. Not called homeless. Kanti bona basuka phi, ngamani, okanye they just grew like weed?
SA govnmt pls protect homeless. Give them water and soap to wash their hands for 20 seconds.
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