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Haven Night Shelter chief executive officer Shaddie Valayadum says the cold weather is forcing more people off the streets and through their doors.

Downtown streets will ditch cars for arts for parts of October, thanks to two different sets of road closures approved by the Board of Alders. …

The Hope Exchange director Reverend Annie Kirke said the first phase of the homeless vaccination administered at their site attracted 148 homeless people, with 147 under 60, and one over 60 years.

This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful

.  Almost everybody seems to have an opinion about homelessness in Cape Town with roughly 14,000 people sleeping on the city’s streets and in its night shelters. These figures are from The Costs of Homelessness study which was before the full effect of the pandemic was felt. Yet there were only about 2,500 shelter beds in Cape Town. The difference between these two numbers explains the enormity and nature of the problem. There are therefore at least 10,000 more homeless people than there are shelter beds and this discrepancy is growing. This means that even if temporary accommodation in a ...