Streets vs shelters: Officials race to get terrified homeless people housed

Homeless men stand outside the Caledonian stadium in Pretoria where hundreds of homeless people were moved to in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 on March 31 2020.

Image: Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times Homeless men stand outside the Caledonian stadium in Pretoria where hundreds of homeless people were moved to in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 on March 31 2020.

“I am deaf. I don’t understand what is happening. Please can someone help me.”

This plea is from one of the 10,000 homeless people rounded up in a bid to stop Covid-19 infecting Tshwane’s most vulnerable citizens.

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