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Political analyst Tinyiko Maluleke says it is shameful that it took the coronavirus for government to remember that there are homeless people, as well as those without water. via SABCNewsOnline

Gauteng Acting Social Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi has been heading the project of housing and feeding the homeless.

Political analyst Tinyiko Maluleke says it is worrying that government has been re-active in providing the basic services it should have provided on a regular basis. The political fundi also warns those who are suddenly under government’s care, not to get too comfortable.Despite the warning however, some of the 125 homeless people being housed at a Community Hall in Kempton Park, in Ekurhuleni, are just happy to be off the streets for now, even if their new-found comfort may be short-lived.

Some of the homeless people say they’ve already been engaged by social workers on the kind of assistance they require. However, if these efforts do not yield results, they are facing a strong possibility of again having to fend for themselves on the streets.“I don’t want to go back to the streets because it’s dangerous, so we need help to get a better place to stay.”

 

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In Johannesburg at devilliers and nugget street they are lot of homeless people that were left behind.please help them.THANK you.

Lesufi is in Education yet seems like he is now the main social worker give that man a Nobel

Where did government all of a sudden obtain money to distribute nearly 100k jojo tanks to communities without water? Some of those communities have been without water for a decade! Jojo's have also been distributed to places without water to fill the tanks. Urgh!😡

Prof must not start, since 2009, service delivery was put on pause ... couldn't expect comrades to eat and work, it is uncultured.

Missfeliciam Sabc stop lying, the people love it so much . Stop bluffing

All over Giyani and Malamulele areas there is no water but they don't talk about it on TV even homeless people are available at mopani and vhembe.

Does he know he's referring to a ruling party that elected a rapist and corruption-accused as its leader and thereby, the Republic's president? Shameful is not in the MYANC's vocab.

Since 1994 this is the first time we see the government really serving us.

We will always have homeless people in this world.

That is true

Disgrace

Thanks to Corona virus for proving that there is nothing wrong with Eskom. Where is Load sheading now

The unity we have now with the pandemics is that wich we have always needed without and before the pandemic.

jeslllll Yet according to mr Lesufi the private schools should give up their premises to house people that they as government are responsible for? Haibo...!

And humans rotting away in tincans GovernmentZA PresidencyZA TheAgenda_SABC eNCA Our_DA MYANC UNHumanRights

That's how corruption is prevailed

It is not shameful but we thank them a lot ....sometimes it takes a death in the house for a family to unite.let us not have time to insult everytime good is done ..of all the leadership we had in this country l love mr Cyril he has tried .God bless the man

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