It is important for the Honourable to note many of the homeless people are in and out of shelters, which serve as the point of contact. While there is no national database on homelessness, the table below gives a provincial data on homeless people accessing services at the time of replying to the question:
Province |
(a) |
(b) |
(i) |
(ii) |
Adults |
Children |
Night shelters |
Street living |
|
Limpopo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Free State |
199 |
44 |
243 |
74 |
Eastern Cape |
161 |
0 |
161 |
0 |
Gauteng |
1949 |
98 |
2047 |
0 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KZN |
602 |
0 |
602 |
0 |
Western Cape |
2308 bed spaces |
41 |
2308 bed spaces 41 children |
764 |
North West |
8 |
51 |
59 |
721 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |