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The City of Cape Town is lying when it says it has no mandate over those experiencing homelessness

The City of Cape Town is lying when it says it has no mandate over those experiencing homelessness

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Aug 12, 2023

COLUMN: The City of Cape Town, its not-so-new mayor, and many of its service providers promote a failed system of accommodating “the homeless” that has been declared to be “CONSTITUTIONALLY OFFENSIVE” by the country’s judiciary.

The homeless are the new victims of the DA-sponsored new apartheid

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Aug 5, 2023

LETTER: Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis keeps lying about this not happening. Law enforcement, when confronted about not having a court order, replied, as they always do, that they have the mayor and City’s permission to enforce the City by-laws.

The homeless are the new victims of the DA-sponsored new apartheid

The homeless are the new victims of the DA-sponsored new apartheid

The Department Social Department is again offering temporary accommodation in 100bed prison-style dormitories where individuals have no agency

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 29, 2023

The Department Social Department is again offering temporary accommodation in 100bed prison-style dormitories where individuals have no agency

As a society and a City, we are constantly becoming more exclusive of those who do not fit our perception

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 22, 2023

As a society and a City, we are constantly becoming more exclusive of those who do not fit our perception

In practice, our homelessness policy blurs the distinction between services and prison

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 15, 2023

In practice, our homelessness policy blurs the distinction between services and prison

During one of my 3 month stints at Pollsmoor I was seconded to working for a warder at the royal fee of R1.36 p/d

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jul 8, 2023

During one of my 3 month stints at Pollsmoor I was seconded to working for a warder at the royal fee of R1.36 p/d

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

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 24, 2023

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?

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Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

By Carlos Mesquita | Published Jun 10, 2023

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

Homeless folk can realise their untapped potential

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

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

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

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’