[WATCH] Beaten, shot and homeless: Here’s what COVID evictions look like

During South Africa’s national COVID-19 lockdown, there have been a string of evictions by the City of Cape Town. A recent judgement ruled that the city is not allowed to evict people or demolish their homes without a court order. But for some, it’s already too late.

This video is a partnership project of Bhekisisa and Eh!woza.

Read the City of Cape Town’s full response here.

Read the full video script here.

Samuel Flans

Samuel Flans is a photographer and filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  April 28, 2021

  [WATCH] No roads, no water, no toilets: 'Why are they ignoring us?'
• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  March 18, 2021

  School of hard knocks: These children go to class in an open field
• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  December 16, 2020

  [WATCH] Our bodies are not your crime scene: A portrait of GBV in South Africa
• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  December 10, 2020

  [WATCH] ‘We are the problem.’ Why these men are taking a stronger stand against gender-based violence

Alfa Fiphaza

Alfa Fiphaza is a filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  March 18, 2021

  School of hard knocks: These children go to class in an open field
• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  December 16, 2020

  [WATCH] Our bodies are not your crime scene: A portrait of GBV in South Africa
• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  December 10, 2020

  [WATCH] ‘We are the problem.’ Why these men are taking a stronger stand against gender-based violence
• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  October 28, 2020

  [WATCH] eThembeni residents living in excrement: 'We are citizens too'

Abongile Njamela

Abongile Njamela is a filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Abongile Njamela

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/abongile-njamela/

  

  March 18, 2021

  School of hard knocks: These children go to class in an open field
• Abongile Njamela

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/abongile-njamela/

  

  July 30, 2020

  [WATCH] Winter queues and COVID grants: ‘We are hungry and sleep here every day’
• Abongile Njamela

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/abongile-njamela/

  

  July 16, 2020

  [WATCH] COVID EVICTIONS: ‘We’re humans, not pigs’
• Abongile Njamela

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/abongile-njamela/

  

  June 19, 2020

  [WATCH] Masks, taxis and fear: How COVID-19 has changed township life

Bongekile Booi

Bongekile Booi is a filmmaker living in the Western Cape.

• Bongekile Booi

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/bongekile-booi/

  

  December 16, 2020

  [WATCH] Our bodies are not your crime scene: A portrait of GBV in South Africa
• Bongekile Booi

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/bongekile-booi/

  

  October 28, 2020

  [WATCH] eThembeni residents living in excrement: 'We are citizens too'
• Bongekile Booi

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/bongekile-booi/

  

  October 19, 2020

  [WATCH] Inside Qandu-Qandu: How people in this Khayelitsha settlement are trying to find a place to call home