Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

Calls for safety at Gugulethu clinic

After two recent armed hijackings, staff and patients are demanding CCTV and heightened security

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News | 22 May 2025

Pride marchers celebrate progress in townships

But they call on justice system to do better, starting with the police

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

The Greater Retreat Housing project was announced in 2018

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News | 9 May 2025

We visited SASSA offices. Here’s what we found

People waiting in long queues told us their frustrations

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News | 7 May 2025

Cape Town families say City has ‘abandoned’ them

Municipality has no immediate plans to move families living at the Masonwabe temporary relocation area in Gugulethu

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News | 9 April 2025

Mixed reviews for Cape Town SASSA offices on grant payment day

Beneficiaries using the SASSA Gold Card have until 31 May to swap to the Black Card

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News | 2 April 2025

Fed up with promises of housing: Langa residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre

Some of the protesters still live in apartheid era hostels

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Brief | 28 March 2025

Accused in police torture case considers plea deal

Three police officers are charged with torturing a barber in Cape Town in November 2023

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Brief | 27 March 2025