Press Release: Final Day of the Poor People’s World Cup Today

8 08 2010

The remaining sixteen soccer teams will compete in final rounds of the Poor People’s World Cup at the Avondale soccer fields, next to the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town at 10am on Sunday, August 8th, 2010. It will feature teams from Tagelsig, Gugulethu, Delft, Athlone, Khayelitsha, Westlake, Crossroads, Hanover Park, and other communities each representing a different country. The all-day tournament will feature a knock-out series of games during which the sixteen teams will go head to head.





Blikkiesdorp: ‘It’s a concentration camp’

20 04 2010

But city insists Blikkiesdorp is no dump for the homeless ahead of World Cup

Apr 19, 2010 11:48 PM | By NASHIRA DAVIDS – The Times


TIN CITY: Lucille Petersen stands outside her home in Blikkiesdorp, near Delt, north of Cape Town. She has been living in the informal settlement for over two years, after being evicted from the Symphony Way informal settlement in Delft Picture: SHELLEY CHRISTIANS

TIN CITY: Lucille Petersen stands outside her home in Blikkiesdorp, near Delt, north of Cape Town. She has been living in the informal settlement for over two years, after being evicted from the Symphony Way informal settlement in Delft Picture: SHELLEY CHRISTIANS

quote ‘Sewage seeps from drains. Children are sick’ quote


The City of Cape Town has again come under fire for hiding its homeless from tourists on the eve of the 2010 World Cup.

UK tabloid The Sun carried an article about dozens of poor people being forced to move to a temporary settlement called Blikkiesdorp, in Delft, north of the city. Read the rest of this entry »








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