Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Mother gave up her sick child because she lives in a shack without services

Nomaphelo Nomala says her only wish in life is to have her four-year-old daughter live with her

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News | 14 June 2019

Community clean up turns waste into arts and crafts

Clean My Space initiative in Khayelitsha has ballooned to 180 members

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Photo Essay | 7 June 2019

Township residents march through Rondebosch to demand better lighting

“I want to be able to walk in my street at night under the lights without fear. Instead I have to rush home before the sun goes down”

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News | 29 May 2019

New life for Khayelitsha crèche that was nearly closed down

Rainbow Educare is now officially registered

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News | 24 May 2019

Cape Town’s hostels to be upgraded

Built to accommodate black working men under apartheid, many are in terrible condition

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Brief | 23 May 2019

Activists protest against corruption as new MPs sworn in

Meanwhile PRASA takes action against top executives

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Brief | 22 May 2019

Gugulethu backyarders make community hall their home

Occupiers hope to benefit from new housing project, but it’s not certain they will

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News | 13 May 2019

Langa’s dirty hostels have not improved in 20 years, say residents

But City has plan to upgrade them, says councillor

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News | 13 May 2019

Hundreds march in Cape Town for National Health Insurance

Protesters visit ten private health facilities to highlight unequal access to health care

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News | 24 April 2019

Athlone arts hub shuts its doors

Closure follows collapse of Catholic Welfare and Development

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Family of learner killed on Metrorail suffers two more tragedies

“We were expecting great things from this child, but now he is gone”

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News | 18 April 2019

Activists launch safety plan for Gugulethu school

Night patrols, fencing, keep vandals away

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Brief | 10 April 2019

Prisoner alleges beatings at Westville

“They cannot do worse to me than they already have” says inmate

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News | 27 March 2019

Housing activist killed in occupied Cape Town building

Former SWEAT official Ayanda Denge stabbed in Helen Bowden Nurses’ Home

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News | 26 March 2019

Cape Flats residents protest for houses

Protesters demanded to see MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, and then burnt tyres when he did not address them

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News | 20 March 2019

Fire leaves hundreds homeless in Overcome Heights

Luckily no injuries were reported following Monday night’s blaze

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Brief | 5 March 2019