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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – 2020/09/24: People are seen at a refugee camp in Cape Town after being relocated. Due to xenophobic violence, many foreign nationals have been relocated to camps in Kensington and Bellville by the city of Cape Town as the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the country. (Photo by Thabo Jaiyesimi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Fence at Cape Town refugee camp removed, leaving people vulnerable

Services provided by the City of Cape Town and the government are gradually drying up

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
The refugees and asylum seekers remaining in temporary shelters in Cape Town are not planning on moving anytime soon. (David Harrison/M&G)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

D-Day has arrived but refugees still remain in Cape Town’s temporary shelters

The home affairs department’s end game might just be the beginning. A hardcore few are still in one camp and about 600 remain in the second shelter

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read