Articles for Marecia Damons
Police use pepper spray against Covid-19 grant queue in East London
Desperate rush to collect grants as deadline looms
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Mkhuseli Sizani, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Masego Mafata, Lloyd Dyongman and Marecia Damons
News | 29 January 2021
Covid-19: learners risk a double blow as literacy projects struggle
Shifting donor priorities put library initiative at risk
News | 14 December 2020
Covid-19 protocols are observed inside SASSA offices, but not in the snaking queues of people waiting outside
Social grant applicants spend the night huddled together outside in the hope of being helped
News | 8 December 2020
Covid-19: Night vigil in support of principal who refused to open his school
Wesley Neumann’s disciplinary hearing starts
News | 3 December 2020
“It’s fair to conclude that we do not have what is called a school” says principal
Department of Basic Education will miss its deadline for minimum standards in schools yet again
News | 27 November 2020
Cape Flats women activists celebrated
Twenty women from communities across the city have been nominated for awards
News | 25 November 2020
Tafelsig feeding scheme battles red tape
Tafelsig CAN provides meals three times a day to hundreds of families in Mitchells Plain and Philippi
News | 18 November 2020
Informal traders say the City neglects the town centre in Mitchells Plain
The group says the area “reeks of defecation and urine”
News | 17 November 2020
Court grants eviction order against alleged housing “hijackers”
Evictees say they were out of options
News | 12 November 2020