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Aliber, M., du Toit, J., Langa, Z., Msibi, M., Parthab, S., Roberts, B. & Thaba, F. (2004) Poverty on our doorstep: understanding the situation of the individuals who spend the night in front of 134 Pretorius Street and the possible implications of erecting a fence to keep them out.
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Cross, C. & Seager, J.R. (eds). (2010) Editorial. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):1-2.
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Cross, C. & Seager, J. (2010) Skeletons at the feast: a review of street homelessness. HSRC Review. 8(2):4-5.
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Homelessness on the streets has been of concern to governments and civil society for hundreds of years, and the number of homeless people tends to rise when economic conditions take an adverse turn. Emphasising questions of access to housing, livelihoods and services, CATHERINE CROSS, JOHN SEAGER et al. question whether in South African street homelessness can be eliminated in the foreseeable f...
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Cross, C., Seager, J., Erasmus, J., Ward, C. & O'Donovan, M. (2010) Skeletons at the feast: a review of street homelessness in South Africa and other world regions. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):5-20.
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Homelessness on the streets has been of concern to governments and civil society for hundreds of years, and the number of homeless tends to rise when economic conditions take an adverse turn. Laying streets on questions of access to housing, livelihoods and services, this paper compares the historical causes of homelessness in Britain and Europe, India, the US and South Africa, in order to app...
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Cross, C. & Seager, J.R. (2010) Towards identifying the causes of South Africa's street homelessness: some policy recommendations. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):143-158.
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The HSRCl's four-year study of street homelessness in SA highlights the way unemployment stresses poor households and sets in motion processes of exclusion, and suggests that the social wage safety net is not protecting the street homeless. Although subsidised housing and social grants seem to head off homelessness in many cases, they mainly target the poor in shacks, and economic migrant pop...
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Cross, C. (2005) Homelessness and the HSRC: how we got started researching homelessness: an orientation for the HSRC homelessness stakeholder workshop. (Presented at the homelessness project stakeholder workshop, Diep in die Berg Conference Centre, Pretoria, 26 July).
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Cross, C. (2005) Homelessness and the HSRC: how we got started researching homelessness: an orientation for the HSRC homelessness stakeholder workshop. (Paper presented at the HSRC internal seminar series, HSRC, Pretoria).
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Cross, C. (2005) Homelessness and the HSRC: how we got started researching homelessness: an orientation for the HSRC homelessness stakeholder workshop. (Paper presented at the Joint population conference, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 29 September).
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Erasmus, J. & Du Toit, J. (2005) Developing a policy on street homelessness for the City of Tshwane. (Prepared for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Council, March).
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Kok, P., Cross, C. & Roux, N. (2010) Towards a demographic profile of the street homeless in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):21-37.
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This paper provides a demographic analysis of the Human Sciences Research Council homelessness survey, and starts to develop a profile of the adult and child street homeless populations in the northern part of South Africa. Attempting to sketch the population dynamics of homelessness, the paper reviews research methodology, looks at the age, gender and employment status of the respondents, and...
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Makiwane, M., Tamasane, T. & Schneider, M. (2010) Homeless individuals, families and communities: the societal origins of homelessness. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):39-49.
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This article uses case histories to document the experiences of 30 homeless people from a range of backgrounds in Pretoria and Rustenburg, South Africa. Factors that contributed to their becoming homeless were poverty, unemployment, a lack of affordable accomodation, divorce, disability, illness and an underprivileged childhood. More than one half of the interviewees reported growing up in dy...
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Naidoo, V. (2010) Government responses to street homelessness in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):129-141.
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This paper reviews government responses intended to assist the street homeless in South Africa. The paper demonstrates that in South Africa the legislation and policy responses to the problem of street homelessness have been to a great extent shaped by the broader circumstances of a larger population living in informal housing, with whom the street homeless share intimate ties through social in...
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Nkomo, M. & Olufemi, O. (2001) Educating street and homeless children in South Africa: the challenge of policy implementation. International journal of education policy, research and practice. 2(4):337-356.
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This article offers a qualitative description of the education provided for street and homeless children in Johannesburg, South Africa. The goal is to identify appropriate policy considerations for educating street children and homeless children in Johannesburg in particular, and South African in general.
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Sanchez, D. (2010) Civil society responses to homelessness. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):101-110.
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This article explores how faith-based organisations in South Africa respond to homelessness, using research performed in 2005 with 12 religious organisations that provide services to homeless people in Johannesburg and Pretoria. It describes the organisations' histories, funding schemes and relationships with other organisations, and considers the complexities of defining homelessness.
The bac...
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Seager, J. & Tamasane, T. (2008) Health and wellbeing of people living on the streets in South Africa. (Paper presented at the Health & Homelessness Conference, Oxford, 16 September).
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As part of a wider multidisciplinary study of homelessness in South Africa, this research aimed to explore the health and wellbeing of homeless adults and children, their access to and utilisation of health services, and selected health risk behaviours.
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Seager, J.R. & Tamasane, T. (2010) Health and well-being of the homeless in South African cities and towns. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):63-83.
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Little is known about the health and well-being of people who live on the streets although their lifestyle involves health risks. This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the health status and health service needs of homeless people in several South African cities and towns. It was found in some cases that their own or family members' ill-health had contributed to their...
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Seager, J.R. & Tamasane, T. (2005) Homelessness and health in Cape Town: formative research. (Paper presented at the HSRC Seminar series, Cape Town, 30 August).
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Seager, J.R. & Tamasane, T. (2005) Homelessness and health in Cape Town: formative research. (Paper presented at the HSRC Winter Conference, Birchwood Conference Centre. Benoni, 27-28 July).
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Seager, J.R. & Tamasane, T. (2005) Homelessness and health in Cape Town: formative research. (Paper presented at the Stakeholder Workshop, Diep in die Berg, Pretoria, 26 July).
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Turok, I. Renewal after shack fires must be created by a multiple partnerships. Cape Times. 9. (13 May 2011)
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