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Strandfontein Homeless Site

Strandfontein Homeless Site

The City of Cape Town moves hundreds of homeless people to a site in Strandfontein because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Date taken
9 April 2020
Photo by
Ashraf Hendricks
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Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp
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Homeless,  Housing,  Strandfontein

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