Controversial Strandfontein shelter for homeless to be closed down
Cape Town – The highly controversial Strandfontein camp for homeless people erected by the City of Cape Town will be closed down.
The closure comes a week after the South African Human Rights Commission made scathing findings on the conditions at the Strandfontein Sports Complex, where thousands of homeless people are housed during the Covid-19 lockdown. Speaking to the Cape Argus earlier this week, mayor Dan Plato dismissed the report, vowing the site would not be closed down.
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