Articles for Matthew Hirsch
Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point
Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Brief | 22 February 2025
Cape Town museum tells story of life in Palestine
Gaza Remains the Story exhibit is on at the Homecoming Centre
Brief | 18 February 2025
Bishopscourt land claimants to finally break ground on housing development
This comes 20 years after their claim was officially granted
News | 12 February 2025
No plan yet for Cape Town families facing eviction
Bromwell residents still do not know where or when they will be relocated
Brief | 6 February 2025
Fresh outcry over hotel development next to historic Bo-Kaap mosque
Developers say the “goalposts keep moving”
News | 4 February 2025
D-Day for public comment on plans for old Woodstock Hospital site
Reclaim the City activists picket outside Civic Centre
News | 31 January 2025
Affordable housing to be built on contested Sea Point site, says provincial government
Announcement by MEC Tertuis Simmers comes after a decade of battles
News | 30 January 2025
Concern about City’s plan for Woodstock Hospital
Public comment period on proposed sale closes on 31 January
By Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch
News | 23 January 2025
City to decide on objections to six-storey Bo-Kaap hotel
Residents are opposed to the development overshadowing the oldest mosque in the country
News | 22 January 2025