Articles for Matthew Hirsch
Ratepayers get behind new Safe Space for homeless in Green Point
New overnight shelter should be complete by end of the year
News | 5 May 2023
Last-minute delay to court hearing on eviction of homeless people on Cape Town’s streets
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, representing about 120 homeless people, wants the City to provide “proper alternative accommodation”
News | 19 April 2023
Indigenous plant nursery run by homeless people brings new life to vacant land in Claremont
Ten formerly homeless people have been employed by the project through the U-turn Homeless Service Centre
News | 12 April 2023
You have until 8 May to comment on Cape Town’s new homeless plan
The City plans to open a new 300-bed Safe Space facility in Green Point
News | 11 April 2023
Social workers attacked and under severe strain in Cape Town townships
Western Cape will hire an extra 247 social workers for the coming financial year
News | 3 April 2023
Asbestos found in old hospital intended for homeless shelter
A new site in Zonnebloem in Cape Town has been identified instead of the Robbie Nurock Day Hospital
News | 15 March 2023
Tsotsi star’s luxury house built with Lottery money fails to sell at auction
Terry Pheto’s Bryanston property was expected to sell for more than R4-million but did not get an offer
News | 2 March 2023
Cape Town is removing homeless people from the street. This is what the City is offering instead
Mayor promises R230-million over the next three years to help homeless residents. But will there be enough space?
News | 2 March 2023
Equal Education made “constitutional alchemy” says lawyer who represented them
Jason Brickhill, director of litigation at SERI, remembers how Equal Education and the Legal Resources Centre built the school infrastructure norms and standards case
News | 27 February 2023