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
Residential development planned, including affordable housing
News | 4 December 2025
Helen Bowden Nurses Home, near the V&A Waterfront, was occupied in 2017
Photo Essay | 18 November 2025
Public comment period on proposed sale closes on 31 January
By Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch
News | 23 January 2025
Occupants agree to be surveyed by City and legal team
By Liezl Human
News | 22 April 2021
City of Cape Town considering buying occupied Woodstock Hospital from Province, says mayor
Brief | 7 August 2019
An introduction to our series on the occupations of Helen Bowden Nurses Home and Woodstock Hospital
GroundView | 29 August 2018
Residents of the occupation report that their lives are safer, but domestic violence does occur
Feature | 29 August 2018
There have been violent attempts to take over Helen Bowden and a smear campaign against Ndifuna Ukwazi’s leaders
Feature | 29 August 2018
Our view of the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital occupations
GroundView | 29 August 2018