Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Cops accused of torture will plead not guilty

Three officers are accused of torturing a barber during a raid in Cape Town. The incident was caught on CCTV.

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News | 15 October 2024

About 100 people march in Khayelitsha against gun crimes and extortion

Crime involving firearms and extortion has prevented the municipality, Eskom and SASSA from providing essential services

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News | 14 October 2024

After six weeks UIF online system still down

COSATU has called on the labour minister to intervene

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News | 4 October 2024

Cape Town museum offers a window into life as a migrant worker under apartheid

The Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum has the last preserved migrant labour hostel

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News | 1 October 2024

It’s a dangerous job, but we have to do it, says neighbourhood crime fighter

The City of Cape Town Neighbourhood Watch Support Programme has just expanded its training programme

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News | 20 September 2024

Bonteheuwel learners on the march

Drum majorettes drill their squad for competition

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News | 19 September 2024

Court postpones decision on hospital security guard strike

Labour Court to rule on Friday over Golden Security guard strike at Heideveld Day Hospital in Cape Town

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Brief | 16 September 2024

Sex workers celebrate pride in Cape Town

The event aimed to counter discrimination and stigma

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Brief | 16 September 2024

UIF online services frozen in court battle

Interim interdict stopped the UIF’s new service provider from rendering IT services

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News | 5 September 2024

Security guards picket at another Cape Town hospital

Security guards employed by Golden Security Services in Heideveld say they are owed money

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News | 3 September 2024

Security guards picket at Groote Schuur Hospital

The striking workers claim they have been paid late two months in a row

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News | 30 August 2024

Police officer filmed assaulting man is still on duty

Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023

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News | 28 August 2024

Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement

Flamingo Heights is home to 400 people

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News | 28 August 2024

Five months after police drive into woman, breaking her pelvis, SAPS probe is still incomplete

Nolwazi Tokhwe says her life has dramatically changed

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News | 13 August 2024

Khayelitsha parents desperate to find special needs schools for their children

Some children are on a waiting list for years

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News | 1 August 2024

Police torture case: delay over CCTV footage

Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023

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Brief | 25 July 2024