
No resolution in sight for Cape Town occupation
Occupiers who moved into a former old age home in Observatory have been forced to live on the pavement outside the abandoned building. Now they’re waiting for the city to relocate them.
Occupiers who moved into a former old age home in Observatory have been forced to live on the pavement outside the abandoned building. Now they’re waiting for the city to relocate them.
The City of Cape Town has been fining people who live on the street and confiscating their belongings. But seven homeless residents, led by a woman tired of the inhumane treatment, are fighting back.