Articles for Masego Mafata
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
Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land
Residents of Mononono village in North West take on Ikwezi Vanadium
Feature | 28 January 2021
“Don’t call us heroes”: health workers overwhelmed by Covid-19 want help, not praise
“Emotionally, we are not coping”
News | 26 January 2021
Court upholds new charge against Zimbabwean journalist
Hopewell Chin’ono was arrested along with two others for speaking out against police brutality on social media
Law | 13 January 2021
Kensington housing renovated by “exceptional artisans” from informal settlement
Body corporate hires unemployed local artisans
News | 17 December 2020
Two police officers in court for shooting Hanover Park father
A community worker is worried that the shooting will cause violence in the community
By Savannah Bacon and Masego Mafata
News | 14 December 2020
Sex work activists demand answers from Human Rights Commission
They claim that a complaint lodged in August about sex worker Robyn Montsumi who died in police custody has gone unanswered
Brief | 11 December 2020