Strandfontein
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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
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?
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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…