Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana

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Elsies River residents in the dark for weeks due to Eskom backlog

The power utility says it is working to fix electricity faults across the province

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Brief | 24 July 2025

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Minister of Social Development promises probe into disability grant applications

Hundreds attend meeting in Khayelitsha

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News | 9 July 2025

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New book tells the life of veteran activist Mandla Majola

The book was written by two professors from the United States

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News | 30 June 2025

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Khayelitsha residents take over SASSA meeting to voice grievances

“What solutions is the minister bringing?” Residents unimpressed by promised visit by Social Development Minister

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News | 25 June 2025

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Document goes missing in police torture case

Magistrate reprimands lawyers

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Brief | 12 June 2025

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No money to upgrade Cape Town’s rundown hostels

We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart

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News | 10 June 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Langa families were moved to a “temporary” area in 2002. They are still there

Their living conditions are dire

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News | 29 April 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking

Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza

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Brief | 18 March 2025