“We can’t just let them go back to the streets like that” says social development MEC
17 April 2020
They allege that City of Cape Town officials have confiscated their private property in violation of a court order
20 September 2019
City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter
By Chris Gilili
8 July 2019
Michael Helsie makes wooden sculptures of animals
2 February 2018
Fuelled by rhetoric on crime, attitudes to beggars all over the country are hardening
25 October 2017
Municipality spokesperson says “vagrants” are a “scourge”
9 December 2016
The clinic inside the church that Father Pugin protected
12 October 2016
Some charge R20 for a night in a filthy building
4 October 2016
Homeless woman's new business venture
By David Katz
31 May 2016
Shelters can't accommodate more people, says Street People’s Forum
20 May 2016
Friday night community sessions offer food and live music
By Naib Mian
17 May 2016
Our cities show disdain for the poor
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
24 July 2013