Events

Information and Discussion SessionSocial Housing The City is proposing to evict the current residents of CGH and build social housing, a rental model catering to people earning stable household incomes between R1850 – R22000 per month, on the site. For

May 2022 Bevil Lucas visited Istanbul where he participated in an online seminar at MAD (Centre for Spatial Justice).The topic Housing crisis and activism: perspectives from Athene, Budapest, Cape Town and Istanbulwas online on 14 May 2022. In response, the

3 June 2022

May 2022 The Creative Writing Workshops at Cissie Gool House, curated by Delia Meyer, ended on 14 May. The stories and poems were presented by the participants at a reading session to a small audience on the last day of

On 27 January 2022 On 27 January 2022, a fire erupted at Cissie Gool House, formerly known as Woodstock Hospital, in Cape Town. This building, repurposed as a home for several hundred residents including many elderly and children, faced a

17 November 2021 A tribute from the Cape Town office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation to Silke Helfrich, a former colleague, an author, a pioneer, an intellectual and someone whom we called a friend.17 November 2021 “As much of human

CGH & the significance of the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA)The starting point for converting CGH from the old Woodstock Hospital to a new Social Housing Project, as planned by the city, is to decide what of the building complex is

Cissie Gool House Safety Programme Workshops with Henrietta Abraham and the Bonteheuwel Development Forum November 2021 The workshops programme focused on identification of safety issues, problem solving and a safety plan Safety issues: The workshop addressed issues that have become

CGH VISIONTo achieve the goals of the Occupation Movement in the provision of quality, safe, secure, accessible, well-located and empowering housing environment which: Includes a range of affordable housing opportunities. Accommodates different communities, including the most vulnerable and marginalised. Promotes

15 October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsxhaM54dPM&t=1s In his short film, Haroon Gunn-Salie goes inside the Cissie Gool House occupation of the old Woodstock Hospital in Cape Town, which is undergoing a co-design process. Produced by Human Rights Media Centre for International Coalition