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Strandfontein

Black Lives Matter? Which black lives?
Opinion
/ 11 June 2020

Black Lives Matter? Which black lives?

In South Africa, police brutality and violence affect black, working- class lives in particular. We must dismantle this systemic oppression

By Adam Haupt
The Strandfontein shelter touches a societal and political nerve
Coronavirus
/ 27 May 2020

The Strandfontein shelter touches a societal and political nerve

What was the City of Cape Town thinking when it decided to round up homeless people and put them in a camp?

By Jonty Cogger
The controversial Strandfontein shelter shows the importance of monitoring womxn’s rights during a crisis
Coronavirus
/ 20 May 2020

The controversial Strandfontein shelter shows the importance of monitoring womxn’s rights during a crisis

Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an amicus curae in the case between the City of Cape Town and the SAHRC

By Women’s Legal Centre
Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail
Coronavirus
/ 15 May 2020

Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail

The facility in Cape Town was about quarantining the most vulnerable — the homeless — rather than preventing Covid-19

By Jared Sacks
Homeless exposed to Covid-19
Coronavirus
/ 14 May 2020

Homeless exposed to Covid-19

The City of Cape Town is being accused of negligence as it closes the Strandfontein safety camp without testing all the people who leave

By Lester Kiewit
Dan Plato: Cape Town is caring for the homeless despite rampant political campaigning
Article
/ 25 April 2020

Dan Plato: Cape Town is caring for the homeless despite rampant political campaigning

We have honoured President Cyril Ramaphosa’s request to put aside politicking and wish opposition parties would do the same

By Dan Plato
Cape Town homeless site criticised
Article
/ 23 April 2020

Cape Town homeless site criticised

Independent reports slam Cape Town’s Covid-19 homeless facility, but the city says conditions have improved since independent monitors visited

By Lester Kiewit
Strandfontein homeless site more a prison than a place of safety — Human rights report
Article
/ 21 April 2020

Strandfontein homeless site more a prison than a place of safety — Human rights report

Independent reports slam Cape Town’s Covid-19 homeless site, the city says things have improved since independent monitors visited the site

By Lester Kiewit
Inside Strandfontein: Cape Town’s Covid-19 homeless site
Article
/ 16 April 2020

Inside Strandfontein: Cape Town’s Covid-19 homeless site

The City’s Covid-19 homeless site has been criticised for being inadequate to shelter the most vulnerable from the Coronavirus storm, while drug addicts say they’re being left to suffer due to inadequate medical attention

By Lester Kiewit

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