A group of homeless people in Cape Town broke out of a camp designed to house them during the coronavirus pandemic.<br /><br />Filmed on April 30, they can be seen pushing back the metal gate in order to make their exit as police watched on.<br /><br />The site has been at the centre of controversy since the beginning amidst allegation of ill-treatment of the homeless people within the camp.<br /><br />Ahead of the court action the local ward councillor, Elton Jansen, announced that the city would be closing the site over the next two weeks.
