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A comprehensive, clearly articulated policy and action plan must be implemented to address homelessness - Carlos Mesquita

A comprehensive, clearly articulated policy and action plan must be implemented to address homelessness - Carlos Mesquita

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 1, 2023

COLUMN: For the foreseeable future, people will be unhoused in our midst – how we support them (and the policies we create or fail to create) is a reflection of the values we choose to uphold in response to this reality.

What happens when your smile is also a painful revelation of a hard life lived

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 24, 2023

Carlos Mesquita writes, ‘A smile is the beauty of the soul, someone once said. But what happens when it is also the painful revelation of a hard life lived?’

What happens when your smile is also a painful revelation of a hard life lived

What happens when your smile is also a painful revelation of a hard life lived

And if I lived to tell the tale, would I be telling the tale from a hospital bed with a broken appendage or neck?

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 17, 2023

And if I lived to tell the tale, would I be telling the tale from a hospital bed with a broken appendage or neck?

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 10, 2023

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

Chronic homelessness is solvable! But it means we have to change

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 3, 2023

Chronic homelessness is solvable! But it means we have to change

Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, I aim to change the narrative on homelessness

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 27, 2023

Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, I aim to change the narrative on homelessness

You see it’s not just me ‘move away from one size fits all programmes’ -Carlos Mesquita

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 20, 2023

You see it’s not just me ‘move away from one size fits all programmes’ -Carlos Mesquita

The definition of ‘homeless’ needs to be broadened

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 13, 2023

The definition of ‘homeless’ needs to be broadened

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City-funded Safe Spaces have been and continue to be rejected by those living on the streets for good reasons

By Carlos Mesquita | Published May 6, 2023

City-funded Safe Spaces have been and continue to be rejected by those living on the streets for good reasons

City-funded Safe Spaces have been and continue to be rejected by those living on the streets for good reasons

Part 3: ‘Let me tell you something, thinking you know Sea Point during the day, does not mean you know it at night’

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Apr 22, 2023

Part 3: ‘Let me tell you something, thinking you know Sea Point during the day, does not mean you know it at night’

Part 3: ‘Let me tell you something, thinking you know Sea Point during the day, does not mean you know it at night’

‘Want to know why tik is the drug of choice when you live on the streets?’

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Apr 10, 2023

‘Want to know why tik is the drug of choice when you live on the streets?’

‘Want to know why tik is the drug of choice when you live on the streets?’

My first day as a person living on the streets of Cape Town, I ended up in Pollsmoor

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Apr 3, 2023

My first day as a person living on the streets of Cape Town, I ended up in Pollsmoor

My first day as a person living on the streets of Cape Town, I ended up in Pollsmoor

‘Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has been misleading the public on evictions’

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Mar 15, 2023

‘Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has been misleading the public on evictions’

‘Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has been misleading the public on evictions’

Our homeless crisis requires an all-hands-on deck approach

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Mar 11, 2023

Our homeless crisis requires an all-hands-on deck approach

Our homeless crisis requires an all-hands-on deck approach

Despite being homeless, there are days when you are made to fee special

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Feb 22, 2023

Despite being homeless, there are days when you are made to fee special

Despite being homeless, there are days when you are made to fee special

More feel-good stories about the homeless

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Feb 18, 2023

More feel-good stories about the homeless

More feel-good stories about the homeless