Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets

Words: Matthew Hirsch/ GroundUp Picture: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp Evictions of people living on the streets in...

Cape Town homeless move to shelters ahead of CBD evictions

Hundreds of homeless individuals in Cape Town’s CBD have begun relocating to shelters and...

New 300-bed Safe Space shelter officially opened in Green Point

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has officially opened the city’s new 300-bed Safe Space...

Last 100 Paradise Park residents in Hermanus evicted

Picture and Words: Marecia Damons/GroundUp ‘We at Paradise Park were like a family, but...

City confirms that Belhar families won’t be homeless if evicted

The City of Cape Town said that nine Belhar families who illegally occupied a...

Deadline for comment on CoCT’s new homeless strategy

Picture and words: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp The City of Cape Town’s new ‘Strategy...

U-turn launches campaign to combat rising homelessness in SA

As winter looms and homelessness escalates in South Africa, U-turn Homeless Ministries and Independent...

No shelter for homeless dog owners

Pictures and words: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp A dog may be a person’s ‘best...

Cape Town opens another new Safe Space homeless shelter

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has officially opened the city’s new Safe Space shelter,...

City’s 300-bed Safe Space homeless shelter gets green light

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the approval of City plans to open...