Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Atlantis pharmacist feeds hundreds of people weekly
“This is desperation. People are hungry out here. Situations like these are heartbreaking,” says Thahier Alli
News | 23 July 2021
Part of informal settlement under water for a week
Khayelitsha residents say they need help to clear the water
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 19 July 2021
ECD staff, social workers, and SASSA tellers could be vaccinated soon, says Minister Zulu
ECD staff remain sceptical, demand Zulu commits to timelines
News | 2 July 2021
How risky is public transport for infectious disease? We tested it
Next time you hop on a bus, you’ll want to shout: “Open the windows!”
By James Stent, Mary-Anne Gontsana and Tariro Washinyira
Feature | 29 June 2021
Anger over exclusion of ECD centres from teacher vaccinations
Early childhood development centre owners say they are “the forgotten sector”
News | 25 June 2021
Covid-19 vaccinations: homeless people at risk of being left out
At present the system requires an ID to register
News | 21 June 2021
Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load
At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”
News | 15 June 2021
Covid-19: What it’s like being a nurse during a pandemic
“We kept getting patients who were already dead”
By James Stent and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Video | 2 June 2021
Government working to fix “teething issues” at vaccine sites
Western Cape given 33,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to kick start phase 2 this week
News | 19 May 2021