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Former homeless barber Rhameez Jansen cuts the hair of Geraldine Rhode, who lives on the streets of Cape Town.
HOMELESSNESS

Cape Town barber transforms lives with free haircuts for the homeless

Discover how Rhameez Jansen, a former homeless barber, is changing lives in Cape Town by providing free haircuts that restore dignity and confidence to those in need.

  • Fouzia van der Fort
3 min read
The Haven Night Shelter clients and staff that have worked together for their Dignity in Motion production.
DISTRICT SIX

Join The Haven Night Shelter for a groundbreaking theatrical event

Join The Haven Night Shelter for Dignity in Motion, an innovative theatrical production that combines multimedia storytelling with live dance, showcasing the resilience and hope…

  • OWN Correspondent
2 min read
Camps Bay community stewards, businesses and Ignisive, a non profit organisation, joined hand to raise funds to give people a hand-up on Mandela Day, Friday, June 18.
HOMELESSNESS

How Ignisive is transforming lives on Mandela Day in Camps Bay

On Mandela Day, Ignisive and Camps Bay property businesses unite to uplift the homeless community, distributing essential items and hosting fundraising events. Discover how…

  • Fouzia Van Der Fort
6 min read
Camps Bay community stewards, businesses and Ignisive, a non profit organisation, joined hand to raise funds to give people a hand-up on Mandela Day, Friday, June 18.
HOMELESSNESS

How Ignisive is transforming lives on Mandela Day in Camps Bay

On Mandela Day, Ignisive and Camps Bay property businesses unite to uplift the homeless community, distributing essential items and hosting fundraising events. Discover how…

  • Fouzia Van Der Fort
6 min read
U-Turn is making a public appeal for blankets, yoga mats, non-perishable foods, second hand clothing and toiletries.
U TURN

Help U-Turn provide shelter for the homeless amid stormy weather

With storms threatening the region, U-Turn urgently seeks donations to expand shelter for the homeless and protect vulnerable individuals from the harsh weather.

  • OWN Correspondent
1 min read
The Street Store pop-up at the Haven Night Shelter in Green Point.
HOMELESSNESS

Street store clothes those in need

Hundreds gather at the Haven Night Shelter ahead of winter to collect clothes at pop-up store.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Supporters of The Haven Night Shelter’s dignity project, from left, are Darryn Reddy; Carly Haydricks; Tracey Botha; Marlene Govender; The Haven Night Shelter CEO Shaddie Valayadum; The Haven Night Shelter’s executive assistant Jaco Maree; Mark Williams; Alistair Laguma; and Minnin du Preez.
THE HAVEN NIGHT SHELTER

The Haven launches dignity project to empower homeless over festive season

The Haven Night Shelter will launch its Dignity Project later this week to help support the homeless during the festive season. The initiative will run from tomorrow Tuesday,…

  • YOLANDE DU PREEZ
2 min read
Volunteers who participated in the project last week. Picture: Supplied
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Counting project aims to understand magnitude of homelessness in city

Several organisations serving homeless people are hopeful that they will be able to determine the number of homeless people around certain suburbs of Cape Town before the end of…

  • Sibulele Kasa
2 min read
CAPE TOWN

Fiona wants homeless, addicts to know there is hope

"My dream is to help others out there because I know there is hope - I’m living proof,“ says Fiona Swartz, a former homeless woman and drug addict helped by the Streetscape…

  • Tamlynne Thompson
5 min read
Claremont police are looking for the friends and family of a homeless man identified as Jason Walters, 36, whose body was found near the M3 highway and Newlands Forest on Saturday July 6. According to Claremont police station commander, Colonel Maree Louw, Mr Walters died of natural causes and his body was found around 6.30am. Colonel Louw said Mr Walters, who was identified by his fingerprints, was born on 27 August 1987. They are not able to determine where he is from and are calling on anyone who knows him to contact Warrant Officer Mathobela Mngcwengi on 021 657 2259.
SAPS

Claremont cops are looking for homeless man’s friends, family

  • Staff Reporter
The Mater Domini home in Claremont
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Home for abandoned pregnant women in need of help

The Mater Domini home that takes care of destitute pregnant women is appealing to the public to support them during their tough financial times. The Claremont-based non-profit…

  • WESLEY FORD
5 min read
Participants at a previous blanket drive at the Radisson Red rooftop.
HOMELESSNESS

Hotel hosts winter charity swim

The annual charity swim in the icy waters of the Radisson RED Cape Town’s rooftop pool takes place on Saturday June 29, from 9am to 2pm. The goal is to collect and donate 200…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

Help make sleeping bags for homeless

Jo Maxwell, Pinelands The Rotary Club of Claremont is in desperate need of volunteers to make sleeping bags for the homeless as the weather is becoming very cold and wet. The…

  • Letter to the Editor
1 min read
U-Turn CEO Jean-Ray Knighton, left, and Inkatha Freedom Party member Anthony Mitchell get ready to bed down on the Main Road pavement in Claremont in support of U-Turn’s A Night on the Street campaign.
U TURN

U-Turn aims for R1m in rough sleeping drive

U-Turn, a non-profit organisation that helps the homeless get off the streets, says it has raised more than R600 000 towards a R1 million month-end target through its A Night on…

  • WESLEY FORD
3 min read
Business leaders, politicians, City officials, and influencers will spend a night on the street to raise funds for the homeless.
U TURN

Rough sleeping fund-raiser to aid homeless

The public are being invited to sleep rough for a night as part of a fund-raising drive by U-turn, a non-profit organisation that helps the homeless. The fund-raiser, called A…

  • Staff Reporter
  • WESLEY FORD
2 min read