Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years
Interview | 24 April 2020
Shelter came as a relief, says a 23-year-old, who used to sleep at a car wash
Brief | 20 April 2020
“We can’t just let them go back to the streets like that” says social development MEC
News | 17 April 2020
They allege that City of Cape Town officials have confiscated their private property in violation of a court order
Law | 20 September 2019
City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 July 2019
Michael Helsie makes wooden sculptures of animals
Photo Essay | 2 February 2018
Fuelled by rhetoric on crime, attitudes to beggars all over the country are hardening
Feature | 25 October 2017
All Cassiem Johnson wants is a house
Feature | 21 August 2017
Municipality spokesperson says “vagrants” are a “scourge”
Feature | 9 December 2016
The clinic inside the church that Father Pugin protected
Feature | 12 October 2016
Some charge R20 for a night in a filthy building
Feature | 4 October 2016
Homeless woman's new business venture
By David Katz
Opinion | 31 May 2016
Shelters can't accommodate more people, says Street People’s Forum
News | 20 May 2016
Friday night community sessions offer food and live music
By Naib Mian
News | 17 May 2016
Our cities show disdain for the poor
Opinion | 11 April 2016
Last year GroundUp ran a story about the Helderberg Street People’s Centre (HSPC), a soup kitchen in Somerset West. They were being forced to close down. The situation “has since gotten worse” according to chairman of the centre, Ian Greer.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 24 July 2013