Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
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
Woman breaks leg while trying to use communal toilet
“I was in so much pain”, says Khayelitsha woman
Brief | 13 November 2018
Evicted Blikkiesdorp families refuse to return
All but one of the families evicted have found other accommodation
Brief | 9 November 2018
Shack dwellers evicted from Langa for N2 Gateway project
Joe Slovo residents watch as their shacks are demolished
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Sophia Wilhelm
News | 7 November 2018