Articles for Matthew Hirsch
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
Protesters demand Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza
The vigil also marks International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
Brief | 9 December 2025
Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital
Residential development planned, including affordable housing
News | 4 December 2025
Cape Town’s unique shelter officially recognised by government
The facility provides safety support for LGBT+ and male victims of violence
Brief | 3 December 2025
Activists create human chain for Palestine along Sea Point promenade
Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for release of political prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Brief | 29 November 2025