Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Photo of a man

No need for a camera: Nyanga artist uses a ballpoint pen just as well

Themba Mkhangeli achieves photographic realism with only a BIC pen

By

News | 27 March 2018

Photo of a man

Bereaved father starts drive to fix Limpopo schools

“I don’t want my son to be forgotten. I want his name and memory to live on.”

By

News | 20 March 2018

Photo of balloon of Angie Motshekga

Education department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools

Judgment reserved in case on norms and standards in Bhisho High Court

By and

Law | 16 March 2018

Summary image for article

Equal Education in court against Motshekga over broken schools

Education department says it is dependent on other parts of government to fix schools

By and

News | 15 March 2018

Photo of police van in foreground and protesters in distance

City removes people occupying Gugulethu land

Eviction takes place despite upcoming meeting between mayor and occupiers

By

Brief | 6 March 2018

Photo of a man washing a car

Car wash jobs threatened by water restrictions

Informal operators say it’s their only form of employment

By

News | 6 March 2018

Photo of land

“I will not fight with the people” says Gugs landowner following occupations

“Many times we have been told that land is identified for us, but then other people get put on the land” says occupier

By

Brief | 22 February 2018

Photo of protesters

Police system unintentionally discriminates, argues civil society lawyer

Advocate for Social Justice Coalition defends expert witness

By

News | 16 February 2018

Photo of people dancing outside court

Police resources: there’s nothing wrong with the allocation system, SAPS tells court

Lawyer says expert evidence is flawed

By

News | 15 February 2018

Photo of people around a tap

No water, no business, say Khayelitsha businesses

SJC conducts water audit in informal settlements

By

News | 13 February 2018

photo of women carrying water

Drought: the silence of the city councillors

Only seven out of 20 replied to our questions on the water crisis

By and

News | 9 February 2018

Photo of police minister

We’ve quelled gang violence in Cape Town, claims Mbalula

But residents disagree with police minister

By

News | 8 February 2018

Photo of farm land

Unions fed-up with new minimum wage for farm workers

Daily minimum up R7 from R138 to R146

By

News | 30 January 2018

Photo of injured child and his mother

Police unit probes shooting of Hout Bay teenager

Ona Dubula was shot in the mouth during a protest in September

By

Brief | 19 January 2018

Photo of packets of sanitary pads

Seven years on, Zuma’s promise of free sanitary pads has not been kept

But the Department of Women has a plan

By

News | 18 January 2018

Photo of food left unattended at Barberton Prison

Barberton prisoners go on hunger strike

Sparked by backlog in parole applications

By

News | 12 January 2018