Monday, 20 March 2023
Matthew Hirsch is a freelance writer and photographer passionate about social justice, politics, music and sport.
He was the communications officer at Unite Behind for two years before leaving a year ago.
He is based in Cape Town.
After City officials seized tents, clothing, medication and other belongings during a so-called clean-up operation, the future of those living outside the castle is uncertain.
Die toekoms is onseker vir tentbewoners naby die kasteel nadat die metro hulle skuilings, klere, medikasie en ander besittings tydens ‘n sogenaamde skoonmaakoperasie gekonfiskeer het.
Commuters like the two new ‘people’s trains’ but still have to deal with delays and no-shows, safety issues and their employers’ ire when they’re held up getting to work.
Abakhweli bayabathanda aba ‘loliwe babantu’ batsha kodwa kusafuneka bejamelene nengxaki yokucotha nokungafiki kwabo, imiba yokhuseleko nomsindo wabaqeshi bakufika emva kwexesha emisebenzini.
The 2 Knights club in the impoverished township enables children to stay safe and off the streets after school while improving their academic performance, focus and concentration.
Hearings will soon be held to get first-hand accounts of what it’s like living rough in Cape Town, where law enforcement officers are accused of brutality.
Dumisani Joxo’s neighbours, friends and relatives speak highly of the man allegedly shot and killed by a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer.
In a major win for the community, the high court in Cape Town has ruled that people evicted from the gentrifying neighbourhood must be offered alternative accommodation nearby.
Police in the Western Cape used stun grenades against marchers protesting against Cape Town’s new by-laws which also followed a raid at Cissie Gool House on the same day.
Cape Flats activist Joanie Fredericks has made significant contributions to Tafelsig in her 21 years there, including setting up a Covid information drive and a vaccination pop-up site.
When Elizabeth Gqoboka first saw the ocean from the promenade, she knew she wanted to live there. Decades later, affordable housing will come to the area, thanks to the efforts of activists.
A couple in Khayelitsha who feed the hungry in their community is a shining example of how a caring network of people can provide support to those who need it most.
Young volunteers cleared a dumping site and converted it into a garden that is now nourishing the community by providing fresh food, work and hope.
Residents have turned the former Woodstock Hospital into a home and want the City of Cape Town to engage directly with them to come up with a solution, rather than evict them through the courts.