Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Violent protests disrupt CPUT campuses
13 students released on bail
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Velani Ludidi
News | 13 February 2019
Protests halt classes at nursing college
Students at Western Cape College of Nursing want running water, better security and longer library hours
Brief | 12 February 2019
Nursing students say their residences are unsafe
CPUT college students say they have found thieves and intruders several times
Brief | 8 February 2019
We will occupy any open land, vow backyarders
Backyarders complain that they are not given the same opportunities as people living in informal settlements
News | 31 January 2019
Cape Flats residents confront police minister
Please give me a chance, says Bheki Cele in response to residents’ attacks
News | 22 January 2019
Cape Town’s strained transport service for disabled people
City confirms that Dial-a-Ride is “oversubscribed”
News | 17 January 2019
Bridgetown man makes robots from scrap
I’ve always been good with my hands, says “Robot Man”
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 23 November 2018
“Mr Plato, we live in complete squalor”
Residents of Cape Town’s informal settlements march for the right to water and sanitation
News | 22 November 2018
No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers
“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”
News | 22 November 2018