Articles for Matthew Hirsch
60 years since District Six declared whites-only area
Many families are still waiting for restitution
Brief | 12 February 2026
District Six families vow to fight eviction
“Who would have thought back then that it would have turned out like this today” says 69-year-old resident
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 10 February 2026
Gaza flotilla members visit Robben Island: call for release of Palestinian prisoners
The group compared Israel’s detention and justice system to apartheid South Africa
Brief | 9 February 2026
Cape Town backtracks on closing pools during week
The City says it’s piloting new operating days to now run from Wednesdays to Sundays until April
News | 26 January 2026
Why is UCT’s Jagger Library still boarded up?
Future of the building, gutted by fire almost five years ago, is still being discussed
News | 26 January 2026
Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year
Funding is secured, but about 50 families living in an informal settlement still need to be relocated
News | 12 January 2026
Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers
“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine
News | 6 January 2026
Housing activist group wants to bid for R87-million property
The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 19 December 2025
After the shelter: Cape Town’s urgent need to house homeless people
Shelters and Safe Spaces are only stop-gap solutions. Transitional accommodation and support is needed, say experts.
News | 10 December 2025