Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
SAPS run crime-scene workshop
DNA CSI: D – Don’t touch, N – Note, record and observe, A – Assist police officers, C – comfort & support victim, S – Secure crime scene, I – Insist no-one interferes.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Brief | 21 August 2013
Manenberg gang violence
Western Cape Police conducted crime operations in the Manenberg area on 19 August as part of ongoing efforts to end gang violence as learners returned to school
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 20 August 2013
Cape Town’s Informal Settlements keep growing
A survey done by the provincial department of human settlements showed that in 2010, the Cape Town Metro had almost as many informal settlements as the rest of the entire province.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 14 August 2013
Khayelitsha residents march in support of police inquiry, as court hears case
On Tuesday judgement for the O’Regan/Pikoli Commission of Inquiry (COI) into policing in Khayelitsha was reserved by the Constitutional Court. A full bench of 11 justices heard the case.
Mary-anne Gontsana
News | 8 August 2013
Constitutional Court to hear if Khayelitsha police inquiry should proceed
Next month, the Constitutional Court will hear the appeal by Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa after his application for an interdict to stop the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into policing in Khayelitsha was unsuccessful.The case is set for 6 August.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 30 July 2013
Police target homeless in Somerset West
Last year GroundUp ran a story about the Helderberg Street People’s Centre (HSPC), a soup kitchen in Somerset West. They were being forced to close down. The situation “has since gotten worse” according to chairman of the centre, Ian Greer.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 24 July 2013
Electricity increases make life harder for poor people
With the winter in full effect, people are queuing in petrol stations for paraffin, filling up their gas tanks but most importantly using even more electricity in their homes.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 10 July 2013
“I need an electric wheelchair”
“I’m Selina Lehloo from Khuma. I’m using a wheelchair. I was born like this. I’m 25-years-old. I failed matric in 2011, but I didn’t give up”.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 2 July 2013
Sick janitor claims City endangered health
Monica Gotshana, is a single mother of five children from Khayelitsha’s Site B. Today is her last day working as a janitor for the City of Cape Town because her six month contract comes to an end. She talked about her experience working as a toilet cleaner.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 26 June 2013