Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
Makhaza finally gets a temporary police station
Police say construction of a permanent police station still on the cards for Khayelitsha
Brief | 2 November 2021
Sexual offences cases are being withdrawn due to DNA processing backlog
Over 37,000 DNA specimens yet to be processed in the Western Cape alone
Brief | 26 October 2021
Bus transformed into mobile classroom for learners in Langa
The 42-seater Atlas Digibus has laptops, two teaching stations, and Wi-Fi for online teaching programmes like coding
Brief | 15 October 2021
No Covid relief for thousands of children’s centres
“Early Childhood Development centres have closed down. People have lost their jobs. But the national Department of Social Development is not saying a word.”
News | 30 September 2021
Fifteen years later still no footbridge for Cape Flats’ school children
A bridge to cross the Vygieskraal River in Kewtown has been on the City of Cape Town’s to do list since 2006
News | 22 September 2021
Mother pleads with strained Dial-a-Ride service to help get her daughter to school
Her daughter is among thousands of people on the City-run service’s waiting list
Brief | 16 September 2021
Busiswa Pikinini has no hands, no feet - and no house
The 27-year-old is one of those hoping for housing in Khayelitsha’s informal settlements
News | 2 September 2021
“The investigating officer in charge of my case used to chill with my rapist”
Rape Crisis marks six years since the launch of its Rape Survivors’ Justice Campaign
News | 27 August 2021
Seven years after the Khayelitsha Commission, policing is worse than ever, say residents
Community wants police minister and other government departments to account for lack of action on commission’s recommendations
News | 26 August 2021