Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

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Langa shack fire may have started because man tried to keep warm

"This is the third time that I have lost my shack to a fire. Everything of mine is destroyed." - resident

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Brief | 15 August 2016

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Wynberg taxi drivers block access to Hout Bay

"They don't want others to grow in business," says Hout Bay taxi driver

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News | 12 August 2016

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Wolwerivier’s only creche threatened with closure on Monday

City refuses to provide its contingency plan for how children will be looked after

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News | 5 August 2016

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Recyclers say how their lives could be made easier

Waste pickers in Khayelitsha ask for designated landfills

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News | 29 July 2016

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Toilets connected to kitchen sink in new houses, says resident

No electricity since February in Mfuleni housing project

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News | 21 July 2016

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Informal traders demand better treatment

We want security, say marchers

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Brief | 13 July 2016

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Xolobeni community want answers at meeting

Police to face questions about activist’s death

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Brief | 12 July 2016

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Cape Town short on paraffin

Communities without electricity that depend on paraffin for heating and cooking have been struggling for weeks

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News | 12 July 2016

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Apartheid compensation process flawed, says Khulumani

Allocation of R1 billion President’s Fund money questioned

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News | 4 July 2016

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N2 blocked over ANC election dispute

We "love the ANC" but it must "learn how to respect" people, says protester

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News | 30 June 2016

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Bail hearing in teen’s murder drags on for three months

Closing arguments for bail for accused in the murder of Sinoxolo Mafevuka should be heard today

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News | 27 June 2016

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City’s Robbie Nurock Day Hospital to relocate

Services will continue as normal until moved to Caledon Street

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Brief | 21 June 2016

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Philippi supermarket workers on strike

Employees demand 15% wage increase

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Brief | 31 May 2016

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Hope for mother of disabled teen

Nomahlubi Mbulu’s plight touches GroundUp and News24 readers

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News | 25 May 2016

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No tenant will be evicted from flats owned by the province, says Madikizela

MEC addresses concerns about rents and evictions

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News | 19 May 2016

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Grabouw: “We are sitting here, lost”

Siyanyanzela residents face uncertain future

Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana and Stephanie Kelly. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Feature | 17 May 2016