Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
City says it has housing opportunities in Blue Downs
Residential serviced plots available for people with a monthly income of R9,000 to R22,000
Brief | 26 August 2019
Social housing gets green light at Salt River Market
Activists say they will only celebrate when they see ground broken
Brief | 14 August 2019
RDP beneficiaries live with shoddy construction
“I was a backyarder on the housing list for 33 years before I received this house … I am so disappointed”
News | 14 August 2019
Mothers of slain children march in Cape Town
Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 August 2019
Heideveld residents say their RDP houses are shoddily built
Homes are leaking and walls are cracked, they claim
Brief | 1 August 2019
Masiphumelele fire leaves over 1,000 homeless
One person killed, but body burnt so badly that their sex cannot be determined
News | 29 July 2019
New Masiphumelele taxi rank open at last
The rank has stood unused since its completion in May
Brief | 26 July 2019
How the Barn is helping Khayelitsha’s entrepreneurs
Non-profit technology hub offers office space for people to run their businesses
News | 26 July 2019
Latest study finds over 6,000 people living on the streets of Cape Town
Mayor Plato says there is a need for more safe spaces for homeless people
Brief | 18 July 2019