Articles for Mary-Anne Gontsana
We visited these schools in 2013. We went back last month. Here’s what we found
Nine years after Zakes Mda and Thabo Makgoba were shocked by conditions in these Eastern Cape schools, there’s little sign of improvement
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 26 May 2022
Makhaza might wait another four years for promised police station
Bheki Cele’s 2018 promise will not be kept until 2025-6
Brief | 18 May 2022
New delay in lesbian murder case as Khayelitsha court runs out of paper
Family of Phelokazi Mqathanya losing hope after multiple postponements
News | 12 May 2022
Early childhood development: hundreds of centres are still waiting for their Covid money
More than 1,700 have not yet been paid out in the Western Cape alone
Brief | 11 May 2022
Video: He was in prison. Now he teaches elderly people how to grow vegetables
Thirty-three year old Ludwe Qamata teaches vegetable gardening to older people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
Video | 3 May 2022
Free Gender says Khayelitsha police are mishandling murder case of lesbian woman
Access to justice for black lesbians and people in Khayelitsha is “elusive”
News | 14 April 2022
Hanover Park soup kitchen fighting for survival
“People are hungry and most of them are unemployed” says feeding scheme director
News | 12 April 2022
Dial-a-Ride services suspended in some Cape Town areas due to taxi violence
At least 30 people with disabilities are unable to access standard public transport
News | 24 March 2022
Crèche owners protest at Parliament, demanding outstanding grants
Early childhood development centres want all money paid out by the end of the month
News | 17 March 2022