Articles for Ashraf Hendricks

New shelter for homeless people in Muizenberg

The site for a 60-bed “Safe Space” is still being finalised

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News | 4 July 2024

Shelters in Cape Town are filling up as winter bites

The Haven’s shelters are already 85% full

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Brief | 18 June 2024

In photos: one of the worst places to live in Cape Town

“Our parents lived in this poverty, we are living in this poverty, and now our children are living in this poverty”

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News | 14 June 2024

In photos: Cape Town houses flooded

Over 40 informal settlements seriously affected by heavy rains

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Photo Essay | 6 June 2024

First sitting of new Parliament will be at the Cape Town International Convention Centre

The new National Assembly will not be complete until February 2026

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Brief | 6 June 2024

Families fear eviction from old train yard

Some have lived in “Oya Town” near Maitland Station for eight years

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Photo Essay | 28 May 2024

Cape Town protesters block busy road, demanding services

They are angry that refugees living in a tent on the same land have toilets and water, but they do not

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Brief | 22 May 2024

Last four traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units

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News | 21 May 2024

UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians

A white sheet with hundreds of names of those killed in Palestine since October was draped down the Sarah Baartman Hall steps

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Brief | 16 May 2024

In photos: First Thursday in Mitchells Plain

To help turn Mitchells Plain into a tourist spot, RLabs have created a number of experiences under the “Westridge Tourism Precinct Project”

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Photo Essay | 3 May 2024

Khayelitsha Music Academy hopes to change lives

Two township musicians have dedicated themselves to teaching children to play and read music

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Photo Essay | 26 April 2024

Shelters for homeless families a rarity

The Somerset West Family Shelter is one of few in the country

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News | 19 April 2024

The Big Issue is secure again

After months of uncertainty the magazine has survived a R600,000 cyber theft

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Brief | 18 April 2024

No shelter for homeless dog owners

Except perhaps for a farm in the Karoo

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Photo Essay | 15 April 2024

Thousands left homeless by storms and fires in the Cape

Heavy rains, high winds and fires devastate homes in past few days

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Photo Essay | 8 April 2024

In photos: iftar under the washing lines

About 100 people break their fast together in Heideveld flats

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Photo Essay | 2 April 2024