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Homeless people around Milnerton and Table View will have to hold on as the City of Cape Town’s plans for a homeless centre came to a grinding halt this week. Here a man sleeps in a shop door along Koeberg Road. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
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remature public announcements on the City of Cape Town’s plan to establish a centre for homeless people at the Global School of Theology has seen the institute call off negotiations for a lease agreement with the municipality. The debacle unfolded this week, when TygerBurger investigated rumours that the institute was upset by public statements made by City officials on their plans to lease the property. Plans for the establishment of the City of Cape Town Restoration Centre were first
made public by councillor Joy McCarthy at a subcouncil meeting in April. At the time, TygerBurger questioned the City’s social development department about their plans, but was told the City was not able to go public as the lease had not been finalised. TygerBurger questioned how public statements could be made but was told to go to print with the information already made public. An editorial decision was made to hold off until negotiations were finalised. However, last week a newspaper article surfaced indicating the project had been given the green light quoting mayor Patricia De Lille and Mayco member for social development and early childhood development, Su-
zette Little. TygerBurger resubmitted the original list of questions and in a written response Little indicated the centre was aimed at providing services designed to address the medium to long term needs and development of street people who want assistance. In the response issued on Friday 10 June, Little said they were finalising the lease with the institute and if all went according to plan, the centre would open in August this year. Little said this property provides a central location where homeless people can go for help and further explained the cost implications of this project will only be known once the lease was finalised.
News about the new centre sparked excitement among residents with the Table View Ratepayers’ Association (TVRA) and the Milnerton Community Policing Forum (CPF) pledging their support. The excitement, however, was short lived on Monday when TygerBurger established the institute had withdrawn from negotiations citing the premature public statements as the reason. Charles White, director for the institute, said following the publication of an article stating the centre was going ahead, they were faced with many homeless people coming to the college for help. V To page 2.
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