City of Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato along with other officials held a media briefing at their Covid-19 lockdown facility in Strandfontein followed by a tour of the large marquee tents. The media presence incited many of the people in the tents that was quickly stopped after media was urged to move along. The City…
Rates relief proposed for NPOs, war veteran organisations, nature conservation land and social housing
CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 22 APRIL 2020 MEDIA RELEASE The City is proposing new property rating categories to enable lower or no rates to be charged for NPOs and other charitable property owners, including organisations offering shelter for street people, early childhood development and youth. Read more below: Amendments to the Local Government: Municipal Property…
Mayor Plato condemns lawlessness and looting
CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 22 APRIL 2020 STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR, DAN PLATO While I fully understand the stresses and pressures many of our residents are facing as a result of the National Government COVID-19 lockdown, resorting to violence and breaking the law is never the answer. The South African Police Service (SAPS) and…
Mayor welcomes positive feedback from Department of Defence on Strandfontein temporary shelter
CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 22 APRIL 2020 STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR, DAN PLATO This morning, I was briefed on the feedback provided by the Department of Defence following the oversight visit by a delegation to the Strandfontein temporary shelter space for the homeless on 18 April. I would like to welcome the positive feedback….
Strandfontein ratepayers open case against City for violating lockdown rules at shelter
Picture: Phando Jikelo / African News Agency (ANA) NEWS | By Siphokazi Vuso Apr 20, 2020 Chairperson Mario Oostendurp said the City’s unlawful action failed to appreciate the serious risks they have created with the overcrowded camp. Cape Town – The Strandfontein Ratepayers Association yesterday opened a criminal case against City manager Lungelo Mbandazayo and…
Strandfontein homeless camp poses health threat, doctors warn
A homeless man shouts from behind a fenced-off area during a media tour of the Strandfontein temporary shelter site in Cape Town. For the first time, the ANC has supported a long-standing civil society call for a minimum income grant for the unemployed and for informal sector workers.(Photo: EPA-EFE / Nic Bothma) NEWS | By…
SAHRC VOWS TO PROTECT DIGNITY OF THE HOMELESS AT STRANDONTEIN SHELTER
The City of Cape Town’s temporary housing facility for homeless people at the Strandfontein Sports Ground. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN Commissioner Chris Nissen who visited the area said there were still issues inside the camp. NEWS | Jason Felix | 20 April 2020 CAPE TOWN – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)said all steps would be taken…
Various political leaders visit ‘house of horrors’ for homeless in Strandfontein
Cape Town – Leaders of opposition political parties gathered at the controversial Strandfontein temporary relocation camp on Saturday, where at least 1 500 homeless people were being housed due to the lockdown instituted to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Outside the Strandfontein Sports Complex, Western Cape commissioner Chris Nissen explained that the Human…
Covid-19: The Strandfontein Relocation Camp is a test of our morality as a city
NEWS | By GroundUp• 14 April 2020 Thousands of Capetonians object to the way the City is treating homeless people during the lockdown First published by GroundUp . This past week, the City of Cape Town began moving homeless people living on the street to a relocation camp that is being constructed on the Strandfontein Sports Ground….
‘It was like walking into a concentration camp, security guards on the dunes’
NEWS | 9 April 2020 9:21 AM | by Barbara Friedman A community worker describes the Strandfontein camp that has been created to house Cape Town’s homeless during the lockdown. Toni Tresadern of Thandanani, an organisation based in Welgelegen which collects food and distributes it to the homeless went out on Wednesday to Strandfontein where…