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Matthew Hirsch is a freelance writer and photographer passionate about social justice, politics, music and sport.

Protesters waving Palestinian flags and posters opposite the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre on Tuesday to mark International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide. Photo: Matthew Hirsch
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Protesters demand that Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza

The vigil also marked the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

  • Matthew Hirsch
2 min read
This was the state of one of the rooms at the SAPS office inside the Telkom Towers in Pretoria earlier this year. The offices were evacuated and closed by labour inspectors. Photo was supplied.
AUDITOR GENERAL

Only 20% of Public Works targets were met in 2022/23

The auditor general’s office on Wednesday told MPs that 107 projects were significantly delayed

  • Matthew Hirsch
3 min read
FILE PHOTO: Hanover Park residents and GFORCE PAGAD march against gangsterism and drugs in Cape Town. (Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANNEMIE VAN REENEN

Cape Town social workers face rising extortion threats from criminal syndicates

Social workers operating in vulnerable communities in the city have become the latest targets for criminals demanding protection fees

  • Matthew Hirsch
3 min read
My street: Former and current District Six residents (above) gathered last month to commemorate 11 February 1966, the start of forced removals in the area.
FRIDAY

Six lanes of memories

New museum director says forced removals can’t be divorced from current world events

  • Matthew Hirsch
5 min read
Xolisani Sibhozo, who is based in Khayelitsha, has been a social worker since 2012. He said he is concerned about the attacks he and his colleagues have experienced. Photos: Matthew Hirsch
CAPE TOWN

Social workers attacked and under severe strain in Cape Town townships

The social development department said funds were available to fill vacant posts

  • Matthew Hirsch
3 min read
2017 : Mural painting at Cape Town, homeless, Western Cape on April 16, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)

Castle of no hope for Cape Town’s homeless

After City officials seized tents, clothing, medication and other belongings during a so-called clean-up operation, the future of those living outside the castle is uncertain

  • Matthew Hirsch
7 min read
Portia Ncoko, a close friend of the late Dumisani Joxo, holds his Bluetooth speaker. She says he was ‘a man of the music speaker box’. Photograph: Chris de Beer-Procter
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Dumisani Joxo: Another senseless law enforcement killing

Dumisani Joxo’s neighbours, friends and relatives speak highly of the man allegedly shot and killed by a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer.

  • Matthew Hirsch
6 min read