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FOOD SHARING ADVISED AGAINST ON STREET IN CAPE TOWN by coc BUT PROTECTED BY USA CONSTITUTION

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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





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  • ABOUT
    • About us
    • HOMELESS COMMUNITIES
    • BLOG Homelessness in South Africa
  • SOLUTIONS
    • RE-EMPLOYMENT or SKILLS TRAINING >
      • WORK Opportunities
      • Microloans
      • Work blog
    • REVOLVING STAIRWAY REINTEGRATION MODEL >
      • Revolving Stairway
    • HOUSING FIRST SOLUTIONS >
      • Social Housing in Cape Town
      • Housing First Blog
      • HOUSING FIRST BACKGROUND
      • Housing First - International Donors
    • SAFE SPACES in Capetown >
      • PRE SHELTERS/SAFE SPACES
      • PRIVATE SAFE SPACES MES
      • CoCapetown Built: Safe Spaces Pre Shelter
      • SAFE SPACES BLOG
    • SHELTERS >
      • ENTRY TO SHELTER
      • SHELTERS CAPE TOWN
      • SHELTERS BLOG
      • STREET PEOPLE sometimes incompability with SHELTERS
    • Hunger >
      • Hunger Blog
    • ADDICTION and REHAB >
      • Addiction Causes and Rehab Proposals
    • U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS for HOMELESS
    • LOCAL PUBLIC SUPPORT >
      • SLEEPOUTS in SYMPATHY
      • SEAPOINT FOR ALL
  • COMMUNITY
    • STORIES/ EDITORIALS >
      • Audio Interviews
      • Video interviews
      • Blogs
      • Editorials >
        • No 24/7 ablutions for Homeless in the peninsula
        • Constitutional rights on food sharing
        • Muizenburg Car Guards to lose jobs?
        • drafts >
          • In Bose USA an ordinanace criminalising sleeping outside has been ruled unconstitutional
    • COLLABORATIONS >
      • Collaboration Vision
    • Resources to help people on street >
      • How you can help
    • NPOs Street People
    • SOUP KITCHENS >
      • City Bowl Soup kitchens
      • Atlantic Seaboard Soup kitchens/ Outreaches Cape town
      • Northern Suburb Soup Kitchens Cape town
      • Southern Suburb Soup kitchens/ Outreaches Cape town
      • South Peninsula Soup kitchens/ Outreaches Cape town
      • Cape Flats Soup kitchens/ Outreaches Cape town
      • West Coast Soup kitchens/ Outreaches Cape town
  • Peninsula Street Compassion
    • Peninsula Resources >
      • Peninsula Soup Kitchens and events
    • Weekly Blog Haven collaboration
    • Homelessness in the Peninsula >
      • History/ Background
    • About Us / Objectives
    • our Projects >
      • Volunteer Legends of Fish Hoek
      • Food ticket Collaborations >
        • Haven Kalk Bay Food Tickets
        • Food ticket Sponsors
        • Payments to haven
      • Street Compassion Magazine
      • Journey to Shelter
    • Jobs Wanted >
      • Charles Van der walt
      • Robert de Sousa >
        • CV
        • d waste Experience Recommendation
        • Seamans record book
        • seafarer medical certificate
        • City cape town data collecter contract
        • Sponsor skills development
        • Sponsor Shelter fees
    • Volunteers Donors >
      • Volunteers CAPE PENINSULA STREET COMPASSION GROUP
      • Private Donors
      • behind the scenes
    • Help us / Contact/Soc Media >
      • contact
      • Facebook Peninsula Street Compassion
      • Peninsula Community Events Forum
      • Newsletter Join
    • Collaborations >
      • SRA Marion Thomas Social Worker
      • Rehab - Living Hope Ministeries
    • You tube channel - interviews
  • News /Contact
    • Find a soup kitchen nearest in Cape Town or surrounds -to donate food clothing blankets too or volunteer distributing /making food
    • Contact/ Facebook
    • New Articles
    • Food /water Outreaches >
      • Capetown Day zero Water Street people