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Cape Town · Western Cape · Source snapshot 13 November 2025

Ahmed Kathrada House (Former Helen Bowden Nurses Home)

1 Beach Road, Green Point, Cape Town

High RiskOccupation recorded in cited sourceGovernment-Owned Derelict

Ahmed Kathrada House (Former Helen Bowden Nurses Home), at 1 Beach Road, Green Point, Cape Town in Cape Town, appears in Odyssey's curated tracker as a government-owned derelict based on the cited record. The tracker records the source-dated status as occupation recorded in cited source, using a source snapshot dated 13 November 2025; this is not presented as a live current legal or occupancy status. Odyssey classifies the row as high risk for tracker navigation; that label is not a structural or fire-safety assessment. The cited tracker record carries an occupant estimate of approximately 800; it is not treated as a current headcount.

Documented details

Source-dated statusOccupation recorded in cited source
Building typeGovernment-Owned Derelict
Odyssey tracker risk classificationHigh Risk
Address1 Beach Road, Green Point, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape
Source-reported occupants800
Legal ownerWestern Cape Government / Somerset Hospital precinct
Known syndicateNot available
Court order dateNot available
Documented fire incidents0
Source snapshot date13 November 2025

Parliament stated on 13 November 2025 that the Helen Bowden Nurses Home was illegally occupied and that current living conditions and a protracted legal process to evict occupants motivated a Human Settlements oversight visit. Separate GroundUp reporting is retained for the approximate occupant count. B2 does not infer a current headcount or the later outcome of the legal process.

Status citation — Parliament — Helen Bowden Nurses Home oversight alert

Source snapshot 13 November 2025

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Citation class: direct official link

Additional evidence anchors

Western Cape Government — 2023/24 infrastructure annual-report address →

Direct provincial-government evidence that Helen Bowden is WCG-owned and was illegally occupied at that source date.

2024-10-09 · direct official link · ownership and occupation

GroundUp — post-oversight living-conditions report →

Secondary context for the approximate occupant count and post-oversight living-conditions reporting; it is not a live headcount.

2025-11-18 · documented secondary link · occupancy context

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