Articles for Matthew Hirsch

District Six families must wait at least three more years to return

Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses

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Feature | 6 May 2025

Alarming increase in attacks on social workers

“It was a calling for me, but the calling didn’t include me being in danger”

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Brief | 29 April 2025

Department of Public Works bungles Darling Street eviction application

State Attorney did not communicate with residents and failed to enrol the case properly

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News | 10 April 2025

Western Cape promises progress on inner-city housing projects

Several social housing projects in Cape Town will go to tender this year

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News | 9 April 2025

City of Cape Town proposes affordable housing on prime Green Point site

The land value of the site ranks “among the highest in the southern hemisphere”

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News | 27 March 2025

Construction of homes for Bishopscourt land claimants set to begin

Displaced community received 12-hectares of prime property in affluent Cape Town suburb

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News | 12 March 2025

People living in abandoned Cape Town building face eviction

About 30 people have been living in 104 Darling Street for more than two decades

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Photo Essay | 10 March 2025

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Some Cape Town residents want the golf course to remain as it is

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News | 28 February 2025

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Two weeks before the hearing, Western Cape Government announced the Sea Point property will include affordable housing

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News | 27 February 2025