Articles for Marecia Damons
Deafening silence from government on Covid-19 grant
Activist organisations battling to secure meetings
News | 28 May 2021
Children with autism battle to find school places
Parents, caregivers and volunteers marched to Parliament
Brief | 24 May 2021
“Never forget how they died”- Life Esidimeni online memorial launched
Website will allow people to lay complaints and report service issues
News | 21 May 2021
A quarter of Worcester’s children are stunted
Mothers who completed high school are much less likely to have stunted children
News | 19 May 2021
Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals
The total lost days of meals could be as high as 133 out of 211 school days
News | 13 May 2021
Man arrested for Table Mountain fire no longer faces arson charges
Frederick Mhangazo came to Cape Town to study. He has ended up homeless and living from hand to mouth.
Brief | 28 April 2021
Protesters call for CCMA budget cuts to be reversed
Workers coming to the CCMA for help are often told to lodge complaints online
Brief | 21 April 2021
UCT fire: students tell how they grabbed textbooks and laptops and fled
“Some people didn’t have shoes on, others ran out in pyjamas”
By Liezl Human and Marecia Damons
News | 21 April 2021
“We’re forgotten here”: rubbish is piling up in the little settlement of Riemvasmaak
City of Cape Town says refuse is collected weekly
News | 20 April 2021