Does the south african constitution protect food sharing with homeless? If it does why is COC publicising in SRAs and improvement districts that food is just a handout not a handup (unless going to shelters when approx 80% of people live on street due to no shelter space and other reasons ? )
Why are they publishing this but not enforcing it? Is it because in fact it would be an illegal stance if they tried to enforce in the law as far as our Constitution goes? In USA the CoC Advice not to feed on street would be illegal.
Due to an amazingly brave man in his 90s the USA was recently forced to examine its own constitution as some states attempted to crack down on feeding policies. Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old chef, had continued to distribute food, despite two citations , to be dished out to the homeless in violation of a recently passed city law on November 12, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this Wednesday that feeding the homeless is “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment".
Is it coming to the time now we need the legal representation for street people to stop recent harrassment, due to the city"policy" of a woman in Seapoint feeding on the street? Her car registration was taken by a member of the public in a clear attempt to prvent her from sharing food. This kind soul also provides food for the CoC Safe Spaces in Culemborg. Go figure?
Just a few weeks back a law enforcement car with officials screamed up to a few kind souls who had set up a table distributing soup in Fish Hoek with the intent to stop their kind actions. Once again a soup kitchen has been threatened and closed down even though no legal precedent to do it, simply by initimidation from officials in cape town in public spaces.
What is this city coming to? Just a week ago the city introduced heavy fines of up to R1500 for "sleeping in public place " and now signs in recent months have appeared in seapoint suggesting that begging is a crime and not to feed .
One would almost think homeless people were criminals simply because they have no home.
One really has to wonder about Nelsons Mandelas legacy in this city. "Lets work towards a common goal: A nation where ALL OF US are winners, all of us have shelter, food and education"
Do his words mean anything to the powers that be in this city and those that mouth them parrot like, or are they simply dead echoes from the past now in peoples minds?
See article Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People
Why are they publishing this but not enforcing it? Is it because in fact it would be an illegal stance if they tried to enforce in the law as far as our Constitution goes? In USA the CoC Advice not to feed on street would be illegal.
Due to an amazingly brave man in his 90s the USA was recently forced to examine its own constitution as some states attempted to crack down on feeding policies. Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old chef, had continued to distribute food, despite two citations , to be dished out to the homeless in violation of a recently passed city law on November 12, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this Wednesday that feeding the homeless is “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment".
Is it coming to the time now we need the legal representation for street people to stop recent harrassment, due to the city"policy" of a woman in Seapoint feeding on the street? Her car registration was taken by a member of the public in a clear attempt to prvent her from sharing food. This kind soul also provides food for the CoC Safe Spaces in Culemborg. Go figure?
Just a few weeks back a law enforcement car with officials screamed up to a few kind souls who had set up a table distributing soup in Fish Hoek with the intent to stop their kind actions. Once again a soup kitchen has been threatened and closed down even though no legal precedent to do it, simply by initimidation from officials in cape town in public spaces.
What is this city coming to? Just a week ago the city introduced heavy fines of up to R1500 for "sleeping in public place " and now signs in recent months have appeared in seapoint suggesting that begging is a crime and not to feed .
One would almost think homeless people were criminals simply because they have no home.
One really has to wonder about Nelsons Mandelas legacy in this city. "Lets work towards a common goal: A nation where ALL OF US are winners, all of us have shelter, food and education"
Do his words mean anything to the powers that be in this city and those that mouth them parrot like, or are they simply dead echoes from the past now in peoples minds?
See article Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People