The City’s Displaced Persons Unit estimates that there are about 10000 homeless people on the streets of Johannesburg who come from different parts of the country and the rest of the world.
“On the streets we focus on survival without thinking much about our safety and hearing about these killings made me more aware of my safety,” said Seheri. “So far we are only assisted by NGOs and churches. They come now and then to give us blankets and soup,” he said A homeless person who referred to himself as Majayivana, said he had been on the streets for many years and had been beaten on several occasions by members of the public and even the police for sleeping or begging on the streets.
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