"When it came to the State Capture exposure we were so shocked we were almost numb," writes Danny Oosthuizen.

"A blurred mind just seems to help many cope and endure all the abuse coming our way. I hear you, but don’t take it in." writes Danny Oosthuizen.

The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) “Show you care” campaign to help the homeless in the City has raised R25000 just one month.

I am a bad friend. A friend who did not invest time, love and care in people. Due to this I lost a dear friend but thank heaven we fixed our relationship.

The City of Cape Town has invited the homeless and NGOs to find solutions to ongoing problems the homeless face at a summit on World Homeless Day.

"Unnoticed, unannounced and certainly uninvited, cancer decided to invade my body and cause irreversible damage to my being."

"Imagine this morning you wake up in a park on a box and tonight you sleep in a world-class five-star hotel at the V&A Waterfront. Just to be dropped off again in the park."

"Shelter provision is not within the City’s ambit, but we decided to pursue the Safe Space concept to reduce the number of people sleeping rough at night."

Hassan Khan, chief executive of Haven Night Shelter, said the shelters buckled down each year to prepare for the influx of people seeking places to stay.

Mayor Dan Plato, MECs Anroux Marais and Sharna Fernandez bid farewell to the team representing SA at the 2019 Homeless Street Soccer World Cup in Wales.

"When the safe space was created by the City I had very high hopes, but certain issues are left without having been dealt with," writes Danny Oosthuizen.

"Last week, the city was up in arms regarding fines issued to the homeless who are sleeping outside. This fine is nothing but a prison sentence," Danny writes.

SA Human Rights Commission attended an urgent meeting by the Community Chest over the dilemma of ‘outdated’ by-law for people living on the streets.

"We have children as young as 18 months being raped, abused and killed by people who they know and people who should be protecting them"

According to the Western Cape government’s 2019 statistics, there are about 4862 homeless people in the greater Cape Town area.

KZN ANC chairman Sihle Zikalala promised that government "will move with greater speed to ensure that economic development fruits are shared among the country’s citizens.