Homeless shelter baas: ‘We install order through the sjambok’

28 June 2019 - 05:59 By Graeme Hosken
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Gerhard Naude, a homeless man in Pretoria who sought shelter at Struben No. 2.
Gerhard Naude, a homeless man in Pretoria who sought shelter at Struben No. 2.
Image: Alon Skuy

A city-owned homeless shelter in Pretoria is being run by a rogue chairman who insists he was legitimately elected by a taxi association and is supported by a “committee” who use sjamboks to “keep the peace”.

As a suspected serial killer prowls the streets of Pretoria where five homeless people have been killed, Times Select visits the people living at Struben No. 2.

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