Carlos Mesquita is a homeless activist and also works as a researcher for the Good party in the Western Cape Legislature.
‘In my third column focusing on the City of Cape Town’s draft strategy on reducing rough sleeping, please take note of the so-called achievements of the Safe Space ...
‘Homelessness and associated rough sleeping are caused by structural, systemic and individual factors that necessitate a whole-of-society approach. ’
COLUMN: Carlos Mesquita writes that temperatures predicted to drop to dangerous levels this winter, it’s even harder for those who are sleeping on the streets to ...
As election time rolls around again, political promises are in the air. It's a good time for us to revisit the promises made during the last round of elections. ...
COLUMN: Carlos writes that housing is healthcare, which means our health-care system is in a perpetual state of disrepair. He adds that homelessness creates a vicious ...
COLUMN: The church can serve the homeless by making their facilities accessible to them. In most cases, the biggest asset a church has is its facilities, and often ...
COLUMN: The words “the homeless” and the temporary and emergency accommodation that is associated with those words, (which in effect are nothing more than large ...
COLUMN: Besides offering my congratulations and sharing my excitement with you about your announcement over a year ago about the new 300-bed transitional safe space ...
We need housing, not handcuffs, to end the criminalisation of homelessness.
COLUMN: The mayor and the Sea Point ward councillor have, in court and in the media since the court order was granted, said they had alternative transitional accommodation ...
COLUMN: We all need a break from having to deal with situations where a provincial department, without any discussion or consultation, for a third time in three ...
COLUMN: And no, I am not being a hypocrite. The reason I do this for these groups of individuals is because they are the seasoned and well-informed people who know ...
COLUMN: Women and children represent the fastest-growing groups of people experiencing homelessness in South Africa today.
It’s important to warn others living on the streets that those who seem like benefactors are not always as committed to their well-being as they are committed to ...