Articles for Thembela Ntongana
Cape Town’s neglected council flats
City says it will spend R147 million on upgrades to the rental units it owns
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana
Feature | 24 July 2018
Cape Town’s apartheid-era hostel dwellers want family homes
“I have to share a room with my children and grandchildren”
News | 20 July 2018
Children “too scared to play outside” in Ocean View
Residents demand increased police visibility, CCTV cameras, more stop and search operations
News | 9 July 2018
Social housing residents demand option to buy homes
Evicted people, informal settlement residents and backyarders march through city centre
News | 5 July 2018
How a woman secures her shack when it rains
Masiphumelele’s informal settlement is built on a wetland and regularly floods
News | 4 July 2018
Hout Bay roads blocked in taxi tiff
Route to Cape Town is supposed to be for MyCiTi only, but taxis have starting using it again
News | 28 June 2018
De Lille and protesters in tense stand-off
Vrygrond residents furious that the mayor addressed media before them, while she accused the community’s leadership of rejecting all the City’s proposals
News | 26 June 2018
Refugees march for legal recognition
“There is no way for me to better my life without having papers in this country”
News | 20 June 2018
Families living in tents outside complex they were evicted from
But some tenants of Steenvilla are angry with rent-defaulters and want them gone
News | 19 June 2018