Soccer World Cup
Dec 4 2009, Riedewaan

Homeless South Africans complained on Thursday they were being forced from the streets of Cape Town to make way for a host of star-studded, glamorous events surrounding next year’s World Cup tournament.

Isaac Lewis, 41, said police have arrested him...

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