SKELETONS AT THE FEAST a review of street homelessness

SKELETONS AT THE FEAST a review of street homelessness: South Africa is not well prepared for increasing homelessness. Compared to the situation of people in shack settlements, little is known about the street homeless and there are no formal statistics. In their extreme poverty, isolation and loss of societal resources, the truly homeless exactly fit the description ‘the destitute', and are worse off than people living in shacks.