Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Dial-a-Ride cuts: disability groups disappointed by meeting with City of Cape Town

The City says it is looking for additional funding

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News | 29 August 2025

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

City of Cape Town says it has to introduce cuts due to budget constraints

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Brief | 25 August 2025

Cape Town wants national government to save its disability transport service

But the Department of Social Development denies receiving such a request

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Brief | 20 August 2025

Lawyer for cop accused of assault fails to show up in court

In November 2023 police officers were caught on CCTV brutally assaulting a worker during a raid in Mowbray

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Brief | 15 August 2025

Outcry over cuts to Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service

From 8 September the service will only be available for wheelchair users and people with severe walking impairments

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News | 12 August 2025

Crèches battle complicated registration process

More than half of Cape Town’s Early Childhood Development centres are unregistered

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Brief | 11 August 2025

Elsies River residents in the dark for weeks due to Eskom backlog

The power utility says it is working to fix electricity faults across the province

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Brief | 24 July 2025

New book tells the life of veteran activist Mandla Majola

The book was written by two professors from the United States

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News | 30 June 2025

Khayelitsha residents take over SASSA meeting to voice grievances

“What solutions is the minister bringing?” Residents unimpressed by promised visit by Social Development Minister

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News | 25 June 2025

Document goes missing in police torture case

Magistrate reprimands lawyers

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Brief | 12 June 2025

No money to upgrade Cape Town’s rundown hostels

We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart

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News | 10 June 2025

Calls for safety at Gugulethu clinic

After two recent armed hijackings, staff and patients are demanding CCTV and heightened security

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News | 22 May 2025

Pride marchers celebrate progress in townships

But they call on justice system to do better, starting with the police

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018

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News | 9 May 2025

We visited SASSA offices. Here’s what we found

People waiting in long queues told us their frustrations

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News | 7 May 2025