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In Linden - a small Johannesburg suburb - Clement Tebruggo has become a familiar figure. He often spends his days queuing at a nearby church for a plate of food. Linden is one of the few communities that offers sanctuary to homeless people, providing them with a place of safety and regular meals. Hundreds of people who find themselves living on handouts now flock to this neighbourhood and, for some residents, it’s a major problem. In surrounding suburbs, the influx of homeless people has seen a rise in crime and sometimes abandoned buildings are taken over and transformed into informal settlements. As the numbers spike throughout the country, Carte Blanche asks how the challenge of homelessness should be confronted.
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Let's vote the ANC out of power... 😢
Not to defend the ANC but unfortunately this is not an ANC problem, the issue lies in the economical system we are so obsessed with.
This exact problem exists in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada - where the ANC isn't.
@@nigelrunesu9898thanks
@@nigelrunesu9898 those countries are becoming increasingly communist like the ANC. Hence the problems they are experiencing
If everyone can think like that ANC need to give others a chance they did their part but now we don't see a difference at all
People are the one Who give ANC a chance
If people could comprehend the amount of money that the ANC has looted since they came into power they would realise that we aren't a poor nation, but actually an extremely wealthy nation with more than enough resources (both financial and human) to solve the problems we face. Its just that those resources are constantly mismanaged, stolen, abused or simply ignored.
Yip.
We have 1st World money... but we'll always be 3rd World.
Exactly. Hospitals would be fantastic if all the money wasn't constantly stolen. Remember the Tembisa hospital scandal?
Sold my house in Durban just before looting, moved permanently into a small karoo town where nobody wants to stay..best decision ever, i know crime is everywhere but to think that i can walk even at night without a worry. Done with city life and its madness
Im thinking of following you my bru
Thanks for advertising the laid back attitude of the karoo, will se how long it last
Yeah I ended up in Bereaville, Genadendal myself a little over 1.5 years ago, and I absolutely share your sentiments. I spent 6 blissful months there and miss it dearly.
@@mrkleinhond your pessimism is so distasteful and utterly bitter. Who stole your lunch?
@@mrkleinhond I think someone took a dump in this kids cereal
Lets vote wisely on 29 may .so we can save sa
It’s the same in Australia, people living in cars and parks. The WORLD is collapsing one mad person at a time. Humanity is chaotic
Even in the states they have the same problem.
@@thinadlamini4671it's all planned... Country life is the best
USA is worse
It’s our responsibility to avoid that.
Current systems are not working.
As someone who has lived & worked in GP including the CBD & surrounding areas. It is sad to see how things have literally rotten & continue to. Traffic lights, street lights, abandoned buildings vandalized in broad day light. It is soo heartbreaking to watch what was once referred to as the city of gold turned to a city of raw sewage, stench,crime & rot be what it has become. Same for Tshwane.i used to live in Church St when I was in varsity,it is no different to JHB cbd😫😭😫
Let's acknowledge Macfarlane Moleli, I noticed that in this video alone he spoke 3 different languages and fluently so. I know he also speaks afrikaans.
What do you expect from a guy named MacFarlane lol
@@paulthemba9961 🤣🤣🤣🤣True story.
To be honest it's part of his job. Like an engineer will learn his field, so too does a presenter have to learn for his field of communication and language is communication. Most south africans speak multiple languages as our national language list is as long as a grocery list. For me I speak 4 languages, and this was not out of my own preference but rather necessity.
@@kazykamakaze131 would you be so kind and mention other presenters of Carte blanche that have this ability? U r also one of a kind, since u possess this skill
Why are there so many old politicians in power. MacFarlane for president!
That first story is terrifying. Imagine getting shot in a local park.
The power is in the hands of the citizens. Vote ANC out. Vote in a new person who’s gonna bring change to SA. So many insecurity cases, corruption cases, crimes, bad governance and so much crazy more. It’s time to vote for change. Some things need to be gotten rid of 😠
Make Lethuli house a soup kitchen,better than the current den of iniquity
Our Kids will never understand what an amazing Country SA was in a bygone Era. They never saw it.
Sadly this is True.
When Your Son finds the need to ask " Mommy what is a Park as You speak of freely & safety of playing in the park"
Brought to you by the anc & voters
Established in 1994.
Wonderful job on destroying the country 🥂
You talking about apartheid Era?
@namisamkhize8294 it's very hard to refer to apartheid knowing that so many people suffered so much. one should compare life in the townships apartheid era to the townships today and make a comparison
Really sad and sickening. I understand what you saying in respect too the old south africa with crime contorön
@@namisamkhize8294 which only benefited the white population, that’s what they want! 🤷🏽♂️
Thank you ANC, a once beautiful country, now reduced to nothing.
They don't care, they'll just say apartheid was worse
@antonjoubert6980, apartheid was brutal...so do not even try to sanitize that regime just because the current one is corrupt...That o e too was corrupt
There's a serious problem with lack of leadership worldwide 🌎; Canada, UK, USA, Australia, France... you get similar stories 😢
It’s not leadership that’s the problem…….. it’s people, it’s not being able to pay rent/food/health. It’s the decision to move to areas where they perceive things are better and when they get there they find that what they perceived was already taken and there was nothing left for them. Their only option is - keep moving on - live in your car - buy a tent and join the other hopefuls. When poverty walks in the door - love flies out the window. GBV alcohol drugs are another reason people up and go.
Oh please those counties are still doing far better than SA on any day. Westerners will never understand how bad SA’s problems are, especially since the international media has shunned us after apartheid ended
Because they want to get us desperate to introduce a new world order. Everyone will think it's a saving grace.... meanwhile .....
Not in the US. But the globalists are trying to stop their leader from being re-elected.
i remember in high school we had to read an article that explained that giving money and food to homeless people doesn’t help in the long run because all you’re doing is helping them to survive on the street. you have to refer them to a shelter or an organisation that is dedicated to getting them off the street and back to society. but judging by l the responses when i suggest that, maybe a lot of them prefer to be on the street.🥺💔
It heartbreaking 💔 to see someone hungry, we are connected as people my pain is your pain. It is hard to that but maybe it might help.
Shelters insist on no alcohol or drugs
Also rents are insane at the moment and no sign of that changing while City charges are so high
People get assaulted in these shelters, it's like a mini jail. Even the rehab centers,it's like a mini jail . Sometimes they would rather be on the street because they don't have to sleep with one eye open.
@@marleneclough3173 Our rents are not high, you are crazy. Most 1st world parts you pay close to 50% of your post tax income on rent for an average person, in SA that is not even close that. I pay 5% of my income to rent for a 2 bedroom apartment, where as if I lived in a 1st world country like UK, singapore, US, netherlands etc, rents would be 7-10 times the rent for the same space.
This is not homeless but substance abuse and waste stations are the core reason. Government of ANC is doing nothing.
How are waste stations related to substance abuse?
@@esahm373 It's money they getting from waste recycling stations. Why do you think they collect waste?
@@curiousk4083 Thanks. I wasn't sure what you were referring to.
@@esahm373 I think you're ignorant. Why we got so many guy with trolleys on the road collecting waste? Most CBD are not safe as also crime is used to fund drugs. This is a drug issue nor homeless. Thanks
Don't blame the government, they are very busy eating cash. First things first
One thing I can't understand is that even if they're living there, why does it have to be filthy? Why is the trash thrown all over?
It's a certain "type" that is used to living like pigs, although that said it's a insult to pigs to call "those" types of people pigs.
Low IQ, up bringing, culture, drugs, alcohol.
FUN FACT
Your trash picked up from outside your home , ends up in an empty field. Given there is no solution to dealing with trash , the dump site is slowly but surely expanding.
Keep voting for your party guys ANC will fix everything 😂
Please tell these people to stop using the streets as toilet
No public toilets sadly
Where should they go?
lack of foresight is glaring
It is illegal to sleep on the streets? So, how come is there in every city and town there are people sleeping on the streets and nothing is being done to them...lawless country!
That guy is from lesotho, He is a foreigner here. Many come from lesotho,Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Botswana, Is easy for all of them to blend in because we speak same language!
Okay do you have a solution for that?
That's another illegal immigration
@@MondliMakhoba-md3sq unfortunately not. Is not as easy as you say. People don’t chose to leave their homes for the fun of it. Angazi!
You left out Nigerians who, along with Zimbabweans, are the most prominent illegal immigrants
Its the ANC pandemic..
How terribly tragic! For the homeless people and the residents! It's a lose/lose for everyone.
It the system failure
Vote ANC and we will also join the homeless
When homes became house's, humanity became charity, government became the heads of households & we left lands for a square meter, now we blame others for our laziness...we are to blame coz we gave them full power...
I'm a white middle class single female who's not earning enough. I could loose my home any minute and I've no idea where I could go. I have an elderly mum too to take off. The situation is real. I can't even afford to buy a trailer camper if I needed one.
...the Lord Jesus wants your attention. Open up to him.
trailer camper is one of the worst investments ever. Rate of depreciation is astronomical .
You can get to know other people who are also willing to get to know you, then you not single anymore 😏
So I live in linden, and the crime over the years has gotten worse. On the day I write this linden is dealing with wall hoppers all over.
😢
Thank you for making this peace, I never thought this problem would ever take centre stage as it mostly affects men and as you know in SA we generally gravitate towards supporting women only.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Absolutely!!! Well said. Far too few people acknowledge the plight if men. Especially in the age of GBV where men are made out to be the violent gender instead of realising that we live in a violent society
True that
This is the case all over the world. Homeless people are mostly men, from my observation.
@@victory2213 that's because it's too dangerous for women to be homeless in general. They are usually r@ped or sexually assaulted or beaten up.
The main problem is rewarding or savior helping people. Giving them free food or housing will increase the behavior. Let them clean the park and then give them food and give them the responsibility to help secure the park.
you just didn't have a mother, you made in lab
Waste picking is really unchecked, there by grayston interchange in sandton its getting out of hand with so much pollution there.
CORE REASONS:
1) Human rights
2) Not applying bylaws
3) Stagnant economy
Mix those things and you get a cesspit of problems.
AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - POROUS BORDERS, MOST OF THE VAGRANTS ARE ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS
This is an overwhelming problem worldwide. It is not generally addressed and looked down upon.
You are right mate, problem worldwide... leads me to believe that it's by design... tearing the old world down (On purpose) and building a new one (New World Order) a totalitarian govern world where (according to the new economic forum, "you will own nothing and you will be happy")
But thanks to SA’s history and current government the problems are far worse here
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 You need to see what is happening elsewhere worldwide.
Vote DA save South Africa 👍
...no thanks. I know Cape Town well enough to know that the DA will do $h!t for the ordinary poor.
"There's no incentive for people to improve their lives". We're talking about feeding someone who can't feed themselves here, not buying them an iPhone. People lack compassion, it's so crazy to see how divorced from reality a lot of people are.
So you feed them from your house and let them flock to your area.
Big talk from the guy sitting on his sofa doing nothing.
Crime thrives when there is a lot of poverty and these days, in South Africa there is a lot of poverty amongst people not only for the people living on the streets but there are any many people who live in poverty even though they have a home and Unemployment is the biggest problem...
People are poor in Rwanda and other African countries but violence is not this high.
Yeah, it’s tough, but I know og many employed people who live in their cars, being employed does not necessarily equate to being able to afford housing (
life is really tough in south africa gotta be grateful for every thing one has.
Are those people South Africans or from other African countries
In our area they are all from other African countries not South African
Illegal immigration is a big issue that’s been slept on for many years until recently
Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, Australia is the same, a lot of people sleeping on the street. Very sad.
Take it from someone who is both Australian and South African. I grew up in Johannesburg and spent many years in Melbourne. Trust me when I say those 2 cities cannot be compared - Melbourne is an affluent, civilized place and Johannesburg is wild and filthy
We have Plastic and Cemetery View here - houses have already lost their value and the pollution is terrible!
@VernonKoekemoer-mw8iz where? Other countries have their problems too.
@VernonKoekemoer-mw8iz tad difficult with the jobs that my hubby and I do.
Take the soup kitchens to CBD and employ people from there for gardening services I promise all able homeless people will flock there and you'll have solved your problem. Don't forget to vote ANC out!
I'm so glad I grew up in the northern suburbs when I did, it's horrible now, very glad I got to move countries also, Joburg and south Africa as a whole has barely any hope left, some people are still holding on and kudos to them for that.
People must go to shelters or else get arrested, period.
Even with shelters you need to pay I don't understand that because they are sponsored by NGO'S and some people just want to be on the streets
The guy they are interviewing speaking Sotho is from Lesotho
Exactly. He is a foreigner here. Many come from lesotho,Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Botswana, Is easy for all of them to blend in because we speak same language!
That's what came to my mind as well that the way he is speaking Sesotho is from Lesotho
@@tt.k1794but there is a difference from people speaking Sesotho from Lesotho and those that are from the Free State and other parts of the country
Malvern in the east of Johannesburg it's literally the same thing.
Its not unemployment it is the fact that we have a large number of illegal immigrants piling up the streets everywhere and yhen we have those who abuse drugs.
Fix the boarders then the rest will follow
THANK YOU !!!!!!
FIX THE BORDERS
hows about fix the government that controls the boarders instead of blaming people just trying to find a better life for themselves..................So quick to blame foreigners but what has your government done for you or its people
What I have picked up in the video is that the people living in the area are reclaimers “waste pickers”, drug addicts, and old people. Here is what I think since reclaimers are helping in a way of collecting reusable resources, the community should pay them some money to clean the area all the time since they are not well paid in that case this will encourage others who are unemployed to work as reclaimers and find better places to live than occupying urban spaces. Secondly, the drug addicts, this one is a very tough one but some addicts are not there willingly, maybe if the NGOs can come in and help those who want to recover by taking them to rehabilitation facilities reducing the number of addicts in the area, and since I saw a building that looks like it is abandoned it could be turned into a home where churches go to to feed the homeless and where they live. Lastly, old people could be taken to old age homes with the help from the government and the law should not negotiate with the dwellers when such measures are being taken because it is unacceptable to see such beautiful spaces turning into dumping sites and being degraded.
Sadly all those things are expensive and impossible for the unemployed there are no free old age homes or rehabs and government ones have waiting lists forever. Everything costs today the cost of living is unbearable thanks to all the ANC looting and tenderpreneurs who have billions where others have very little.
@@marleneclough3173 this is why he suggested community get involved (and l agree with his sentiment).
It definitely will not be easy… but the current trajectory is worse.
What l gathered from this report (and has always been my view) is we all need one another. Consequently we need to figure out how best to help one another better.
Clearly you live in a different world 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
And who will pay for all of this? And what makes you think that the ANC (government) cares about anyone?
I like the street people program city of cape Town have been running...it benefits the homeless but unfortunately they're so use to the street life they cant see themselves living any other way and refuse every bit of help that isn't money. I only feel for the innocent kids having to be raised on the street because of the choices their parent's made
I wish this showed more of the homeless peoples perspective.
Amen, why they don't go home. Most South Africans have original homes with their elders. Why if you loose a job you stay on the street rather going home where you sleep fed.
It's not rocket science. We see crime every day. We don't see our lives improving. We witness daily how our cities and towns are deteriorating, yet the silence from government (president and his cabinet) is deafening. There should be a war on poverty, on crime, on socio-economic decay, and if the government is actually addressing these problems, we should be hearing about it daily.
We have the same problem an Jimmy Aves park in Pretoria and the problem is only getting worse. Increased burglaries and fear for me as a parent for the health and safety of my children.
😢I see walled cities coming soon...Poverty & Homelessness are a growing pandemic all over the world & its concerning.
We need jobs to have homes and our Saps and all security jobs need to pitch in to help or the Army to stop people coming into our country illegally.
And the government feels a feather! As long as they can fill their pockets..
Government looses revenue when businesses dont do well .......but tgey cant think that far cause the government also wants hand outs ....
Heidelberg GP sits with the same problem. Because it us in such close proximity to JHB and it is still a "small town", homeless people stream here. I have a shelter accommodating 68 homeless people and we are constantly full. To those we can not help with accommodation, we have donated 104000 meals in 2023. Massive problem and getting worse..
I will be on the street after being divorced and not working for 20 years, the judge said I have to go and work? I have been trying to find a job for 2 years know with no not even a single job interview! All the employment agency's keep promising but without prevail?
Any comment from the ANC?
They should get the homeless people with drug problems to work digging in mines or building roads to keep them the drugs. There's a lot of work they can do to benefit society
Yes so they can sweat out all the toxins in the body
Thats the thing, giving homeless people free meals is not the solution bcs there are other problems that come with that. Great that one receives a meal and kept from being hungry for that day but empowering them is the key
Creating their own natural habit.
RIP.... SA....
Carte Blanche join us in Germiston we have double these numbers
Don't blame the ANC, the DA is allowing the same thing to happen in Cape Town
This is heartbreak 💔 all we can do is to pray that someday things change. I understand a child who lost the parents and don't know the relatives if they stay in the street but others i really don't understand. You find very young people on street and old people. If you are born in SA you have rural area home why not go back if things are not working out. All those people staying in informal settlements in December they go home why dont you do so if things don't work. I would really like to understand their mindset because you can't put measures in place if you understand people's mindset. Not all us we meant to be rich or live in cities. You can live a functional life in rural areas. This is really disappointing. These politicians are really annoying not even one party deserve my vote even worse ANC. This issue should be a priority.
May 29th national IQ test. Make a change 👍🏻
South Africa and the Anc can no coexist........
Cant even walk your dog in SA
I love Delta park. I stayed in Blairgowrie and was walking distance to Delta Park.
Don't worry everyone, the very same people who are the primary victims of poverty will continue to vote for and support pollical parties that will continue to lead them into such circumstances. South Africa will not change any time soon, let's just hope we don't cross a path of no-return like most African countries
Gosh, how many of these people would have been formally employed 20y, 10y, 5y ago?
If you vote for a government that reduces your global competitiveness over decades...
The minimum wage limit also makes it, that no one can afford to employ anyone.
wow, this sounds like they are talking about the UK, getting bad everywhere. sad times for humanity
Perhaps you guys can do a segment on WHY this country has a high homelessness, instead of fear mongering and victim blaming. No one chooses to be homeless.
THE ANC. Have you not been paying attention
ANC have destroyed so many lives ... yet they still vote for them. beyond silly
Watch citizen concerned,the amc was giving the people instruction on who and how to vote anc,so they will rule again
the old man saying he will beat anyone taking his spot🤣🤣🤣
Situation critical 😢😮
Food should only be available at shelters!
My dear, how else are the neighbours going to show off how benevolent they are?
@@friend7897 true
Direct result of socialism and communism. "An evil man will burn his whole country to rule over the ashes." Sun Tsu.
If we were truly socialist this wouldn't be an issue. And we haven't ever had communism in our country. Lol.
cape town CBD same issue . gangs in the city robbing people .
The exact same thing with some shelters on Long Island. People don't want to abide by curfews or no alcohol/drug rules.
How many informal settlements south of jhb vs north of jhb ? So many areas south of jhb formerly from the apartheid group areas act are worse than this and surrounded by this but no reporting on it , no green spaces,crime,vagrants,smoke pollution,noise pollution,poor service delivery ,terrible roads etc. No initiative or action by gov and those in positions counselors,premiers,mayors etc.to improve it , massively neglected, so naturally it just gets worse , amazing that this issue spread so far north of jhb though, its just like the electricity issues which started south of jhb 10-15 years ago, illegal connections,stolen cables etc. eventually entire jhb got affected just have to see city power/eskom ; jhb water social media updates and some use to think only south of jhb got electricity issues . South of jhb almost every vacant land is occupied or in the process of occupation regardless of the impact of existing surburbs government has lost control and doesnt care citizens just have to endure or move if they can afford it
not a homelessness problem.....its an illegal immigrant problem.
So sad this country has so much potential but it is being dragged into the ground😢 This country needs a government that truly cares, that is not corrupt, greedy and full of false promises....I see no future, but I still pray for hope for this country. Where are the jobs that the government are creating.... ? Ones that are non-corrupt positions and stable secure positions. There are many factors that play a role in joblessness but I truly feel that some factors play a bigger role than others like the government..... Some people turn to drugs as a way to cope with their situation thus one should focus on the main root causes.....
Honestly this really sad our government fails us but people of anc won't wake up
How I love this park😥
That lady really said "Thanfully they were asleep? " No wonder they got robbed 8 times
ANC voters wants us to suffer.
It's time people hold on tight to what they have because one wrong move my friend you will end up like this
You will never know what life hold but I think it also depend on your mindset in this case. If it happend I get poor living on the street will be my last solution after 1000 of it. The mindset of a person is very important. Poverty was there in late 90s but people were not living in the street
Problem starts from the Border where we have many illegal immigrants coming to SA and currently SA has high unemployment so where do we expect this people to stay coming from foreign countries illegally and they are not working or earing less wage with many children obviously they will go for open spaces and put shacks, police move them and they go the next space and those who stays in suburbs close to these shacks will suffer. Truth needs to be told with these sharks and people sleeping in the parks it's mostly people who came illegally from foreign countries and our ANC is responsible for that
True and they keep breeding
VERY VERY TRUE
It's worldwide mate, not only SA. People must think about who they are putting into power as their lives are in their hands. We need leaders and not rulers, there is a difference
thanks ANC
Way too many illegal immigrants. Yes ee all understand that people want a better life but so do South Africans.
That property in Parkhurst is a ticking time bomb. The worst is yet to come. All sorts of people roaming freely and doing as they please. Everyone is taking advantage of the system.
Gov took the bowling club and would not renew the lease, VIVA anc! Here we are
I don’t see any women here. What’s wrong with men? 😢
Joburg is vrot! Viva ANC....
Welcome to S.A and it increase on brutal crime
It's funny that Thabiso can now afford a roof over his head but it's in an informal settlement.
broken families broken homes
Thats what happens with anc eff governance
This country is becoming dangerous...😢
Not becoming it IS.
wITH THE ANC/EFF you will see more and more of this