Apr
08
2019
Court found Johannesburg Metro police violated homeless people’s constitutional rights to dignity and privacy
By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered the City of Johannesburg to compensate 27 homeless people for unlawfully confiscating and destroying their property.
The homeless applicants lived on a traffic island under the R31 Highway Bridge in the Johannesburg Central Business District....