#homelessness

Remote workers on South Africa's nomad visa pay R25,000 to R30,000 a month for one-bed flats against a local median wage near R5,500, while short-term rentals absorb central stock. Residents of Bo-Kaap, Woodstock and Salt River face a second, market-driven wave of displacement.

An estimated 14,000+ people sleep rough or in temporary shelters across Cape Town, driven by job loss, mental illness, eviction, addiction and structural housing exclusion. Municipal response oscillates between law-enforcement displacement and small-scale NGO provision — neither

Cape Town's ~14,000 unhoused residents lack consistent access to showers, toilets and basic sanitary supplies. Current provision is mobile, voucher-gated, or shelter-only — leaving most rough sleepers reliant on public toilets where dignity, safety and women's needs are not met.

Repurpose vacant inner-city buildings into permanent, free-entry hygiene centres with showers, toilets, shaving supplies and sanitary products. Personal-care brands cover running costs via in-kind product and naming rights, with no conditional access and an NGO running the site.