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Matthew Hirsch

Cape Town
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Freelance journalist based in Cape Town. Sports fanatic and music devotee.
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Court to rule on fate of families occupying Cape Town buildings

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By Matthew Hirsch, Ashraf Hendricks Verified
| GroundUp Verified
Five-year-old Ndinani Matshandana moved into one of the occupied Hope Street buildings with her mother and two siblings in September. Her mother told GroundUp that she left Gugulethu to give her children an opportunity to live in a safer area. Now they face being evicted. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks Over 150 people face being evicted from three abandoned buildings in Cape Town’s Hope Street. Most of the families occupied the buildings, owned by the Hope Street Quarter, around September last year.
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South Africa: Has the Army Deployment in Cape Town Made Communities Safer?

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By Matthew Hirsch
| AllAfrica
Parliament gears up for inquiry into gang violence next month Avril Andrews has lived in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats for most of her adult life. In October 2015, her son, Alcardo, aged 27, was shot dead near their home by gangsters. "He was a good son," she says. Determined to keep his memory alive, she started she started the Alcardo Andrews Foundation. One of its programmes is Moms Move for Justice, supporting mothers who have lost their children through crime and gangsterism.
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Has the army deployment in Cape Town made communities safer?

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By Matthew Hirsch
| GroundUp Verified
Avril Andrews, from Hanover Park on the Cape Flats, lost her son, Alcardo, shot dead near their home by gangsters in 2015. She now runs a programme to support mothers in the community. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks Avril Andrews has lived in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats for most of her adult life. In October 2015, her son, Alcardo, aged 27, was shot dead near their home by gangsters. “He was a good son,” she says.
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