Homeless
Scathing report released on Cape Town’s homeless policies
The more than 400-page report was compiled by The Inkathalo Conversations and commissioned by the City in 2020
By James Stent
News | 4 November 2021
Police use stun grenades to break up Cape Town housing protest
This followed a raid of the Woodstock Hospital occupation earlier on Friday
News | 15 October 2021
Cape Town centre offers a hot meal and a vaccine to homeless people
“We wanted to create a welcoming and safe space with a meal where people could have access to the vaccine if they choose” says U-Turn’s director Jean-Ray Knighton-Fitt
News | 13 September 2021
“We don’t know what a vaccine is because no one has ever explained it to us” says homeless man
The Eastern Cape health department says it is hiring more staff to help register people for the Covid-19 vaccine
News | 7 June 2021
Homeless shelter battles on as donations shrink during pandemic
OWL shelter hopes to benefit from Western Cape government plan to fund an additional 1,000 beds in the province
News | 31 March 2021
Court slams City of Cape Town for barring access to homeless camp
Judge Desai found that South African Human Rights Commission monitors trying to enter the site were acting lawfully
By James Stent
Law | 17 March 2021
“Not everything that came out of this Covid-19 situation was bad”
Some homeless people in Durban have reunited with their families because of the City’s lockdown programme
News | 12 October 2020
Councillor defends Cape Town’s record on homeless people
“Cape Town sprang into action, reaching roughly double the number of homeless persons compared to the whole of Gauteng”
Right to reply | 11 September 2020
Cape Town’s approach to homeless people is cruel and expensive
It would have been more affordable to offer people decent accommodation than the Strandfontein camp
By Brett Herron
Opinion | 1 September 2020